Professor Chosen as Federal Advisory Committee Member

Nova Southeastern University faculty member Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD, FACP, has been selected as a member of the federal Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-based Linkages (ACICBL), which advises the United States Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS)  on policy and program development.

Pandya is Professor and the chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Project Director of the NSU South Florida Workforce Enhancement Program, and Geriatrics Fellowship Program Director at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center

Pandya underwent clearance from the Office of the White House Liaison and HHS to be appointed to this committee.  The ACICBL focuses on such areas as allied health, geriatrics, rural health, social work, and podiatric medicine.

“I am pleased that your knowledge, experience, and skills, have been recognized by the highest authority in this country to advise the U.S. Secretary for this vital Federal department,” said NSU President and CEO George L. Hanbury II. “I am sure that undergoing the rigor of background investigations by the White House to be appointed to this committee was not only grueling on your part, but its successful completion of such rigorous examination, support, enhance, and gave unquestionable credibility in you, your knowledge, your accomplishments, and your expertise. Congratulations! You are part of the faculty and staff of NSU that make me proud to say I’m its president.”