Category: Health Care

College of Osteopathic Medicine Gets Ranked in 6 Categories

The Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine was recently listed in six categories of US News and World Report top rankings for 2023.

The college rankings are as follows:

  • #95-124 for Best Medical Schools: Research
  • #94-124 for Best Medical Schools: Primary Care
  • #58 for Most Diverse Medical Schools (tie)
  • #37 for Most Graduates Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas
  • #32 for Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care Fields
  • #83 for Most Graduates Practicing in Rural Areas (tie)

Posted 10/13/22

Halmos Faculty’s Co-Authored Article Appears in Astrobites

Stefan Kautsch, Ph.D., associate professor and President’s Distinguished Professor in Community Engagement in the Department of Chemistry and Physics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), had a recent pedagogical research article picked up by the astrobites series. The article entitled,  “All in all, it’s just another brick in the mass function,” may be accessed at   https://astrobites.org/2022/08/26/all-in-all-its-just-another-brick-in-the-mass-function/.

Stefan Kautsch, Ph.D.,

Astrobites is a very popular reader’s digest for astronomy and astrophysics The article was co-authored with Kyle Hansotia, B.S., who recently graduated with a biology major from NSU. Hansotia was Kautsch’s research assistant. The other co-author was Dimitri Veras, Ph.D., an associate professor and Rutherford Fellow at Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability and Physics Department of University of Warwick (UK).

The article explains how almost all matter is distributed in the Cosmos and uses Lego bricks of a shark model to explain this concept. In general, massive objects are much less common than objects of low masses in the same object class, no matter if the objects are animals, plants, rocks, mountains, planetary bodies, stars, galaxies, etc. But the same law also connects all object classes with one another. The authors visualize the physics law behind this concept using Lego toy bricks and promote the teaching of this rarely known, but universal law. This article provides an experiential and active-learning approach to teaching complex concepts, while also discussing a potential explanation of the origin of the observations. The published version of the article appears in the European Journal of Physics, 42, 035605.

Posted 10/09/22

College Provides Evaluation for Florida Panthers Hockey Club

Faculty, alumni, and students, working with the Florida Panthers Hockey Club.

Faculty, students, and alumni from the Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP) in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, recently provided the NHL’s Florida Panthers Hockey Club with preseason physical assessments.

Corey Peacock overseeing students as they test for isometric strength.

Students of the Sports Science (M.S.) and Exercise and Sport Science (B.S) programs assisted Corey Peacock, Ph.D., associate professor, and Tobin Silver, Ph.D., professor, in supporting the Florida Panthers’ Sports Performance Team with physical metric testing. The students had an opportunity to complete hands-on physical assessments of strength, power, body composition and aerobic capacity while being provided direction by Mike Joyce, Florida Panthers head strength and conditioning coach, and Tim Wittenauer, Florida Panthers director of sports performance & rehabilitation. Silver and Peacock have provided this opportunity to students for nearly a decade.

Angie Dusak, M.S.S.S. graduate student, said, that she was “very appreciative for this great experience provided by the faculty at Nova Southeastern University, as this provided valuable networking and interactive learning in this field of sports science.” Additionally, the students and staff were able to review the data and understand the application of performance testing. Silver said, “the students learn so much about how an interdisciplinary sports medicine staff operates. They already have a great foundation of knowledge established from the Exercise Science curriculum. This provides an amazing hands-on opportunity to test that foundation of knowledge in professional sports.”

Posted 10/09/22

Clinical Professor of Family Medicine Serves as FHP Chief Surgeon

After retiring from a nearly 30-year career in graduate medical education, Dr. Bradley Feuer, DO, JD, clinical professor of family medicine at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, now serves full-time as chief surgeon for the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).  Dr. Feuer was appointed as Regional Director of the college’s Palm Beach Academic Center in 1996, was the first to serve as vice-president of the college’s Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education in 1999, and eventually was appointed as clinical assistant dean, in 2013. He remains active in medical education by providing lectures to his former programs.

While he remains on the college’s faculty, Dr. Feuer is now responsible for promoting the health and safety of Florida’s state troopers. With a team of two other volunteer physicians (one responsible for the state’s Northern region, the other for the Southern region), Dr. Feuer oversees a program that enhances the quality of routine, specialty and hospital care available to troopers, provides medical support to Special Response Teams, educates members on matters pertaining to health and medicine, coordinates care of sick and injured troopers by working with providers and families, provides consultation and advice to command, and offers medical direction to a state-wide peer support team. He has been a member of an Active Shooter Working Group for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and participated as a subject matter expert for a workshop on critical infrastructure Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector risk assessment for Health Human Services (HHS)/Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

Sworn as an auxiliary state trooper since 2003, Dr. Feuer has been a leader in the law enforcement peer support community, and has worked with the International Association of Chiefs of Police to promote the use of evidence-based concepts into the provision of peer support.  While Clinical Assistant Dean and Designated Institutional Official/Regional Director of Medical Education for the Palm Beach Consortium for Graduate Medical Education (PBCGME), Dr. Feuer brought these concepts, honed in law enforcement, to GME operations.  Each of PBCGME’s residency programs had residents who served as volunteer peer support team members and worked with the resources of the Consortiums Psychiatry Residency and direction of a Psychiatry attending, to provide psychological first aid in response to the needs of all residents and students, consortium wide.

“The Florida Highway Patrol is one of the nation’s premier law enforcement agencies,” he said. “To be able to serve the citizens of the State of Florida by supporting the men and women of the Patrol is a true honor.”

Posted 10/09/22

Physical Therapy Student Gets ASAHP Scholarship of Excellence

Haley Sweeney

Haley Sweeney, fourth-year physical therapy student in the Hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program at NSU’s Tampa campus recently received a Scholarship of Excellence Award from the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP).

Sweeney is originally from Wentzville, Mo., and obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training in 2014.

She says she had a passion for continuing her education in order to best serve her athletes and went on to pursue her Master of Science in Exercise Physiology at the University of Central Florida. After working as a collegiate athletic trainer for a few years, she found that her favorite part of her job was taking the athletes through the rehabilitation process.

Through her experiences, she was drawn to continuing her education and obtaining her doctorate degree in physical therapy in order to make a larger impact. Her goal upon graduation is to work in sports medicine, helping athletes of all ages and stages of life recover from injury in order to live an active and fulfilling life.

Posted 10/09/22

Education Professor Interviews With Fortune Magazine

David B. Ross, Ed.D.

David B. Ross, Ed.D., professor, with the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice was recently featured in a Fortune Education article titled, “Who Should Get an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership?”

The aptly named article focuses on the Organizational Leadership Ed.D. programs at Nova Southeastern University and Baylor University for various students who may choose to earn such a degree.

During the hour-plus long interview with Fortune, Ross gave a bit of insight into the types of students he has encountered academically over the years in the program.

“I said ‘We have teachers, we have nurses, military, and students from various professions and organizations – [Organizational Leadership] can be for anybody because an organization is an organization,’” he recalled.

Ross mentioned how the course work in the program is designed to be relevant in order to prepare a student to be a leader in any field and even help build their portfolio — from the papers they write, to their option of the Strategic Research Project or dissertation as a final Capstone.

“The Strategic Research Project would be good for people who [say] ‘Nope, I do not want to be a college/university professor, so do I really need a dissertation? Probably not.’” Then I kind of went into about how it helps build solutions, strategies, and possible outcomes, and later could be implemented into the organization when they finish.” “It should be noted that we want the student to make a clear decision of which Capstone pathway will be in their best interest.”

Overall, Ross said his goal was to really explain that the degree can be used by anyone who wishes to diversify themselves or just be a better leader in an organization, no matter what the organization may be.

“It is a kind of catch-all in a way,” he said. “It attracts people from any field. Like I said before, an organization is an organization.”

He also added that students learn in the program that not just any organization is successful, but a learning organization that grows and adapts is one that is successful while allowing the employees to be inspired to take risks. A learning organization encourages their people to be creative problem solvers and decision makers through a lens with vision, collaboration, trust, and more.

To read the full Fortune article, click here.

Posted 09/25/22

Doctoral Candidate, Alum Elected to Peace and Justice Board

The Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) is pleased to announce that doctoral candidate Tanna Krewson, M.A. and doctoral alumnus Michael Chadukiewicz, Ph.D. have been elected to the Board of the Peace and Justice Studies Association.

Krewson has an M.A. in Peace Studies from the United Nations University for Peace. She is an international development and conflict resolution professional with experience managing programming through The Carter Center, CARE, and Vibha, Inc. Currently she is working with NATO as part of Valka-Mir Human Security, to co-lead the development of NATO’s concept on countering cognitive warfare and regularly facilitates training for U.S. and allied special forces on the psycho-emotional drivers of conflict.

Chadukiewicz is an Affiliate Researcher with Yale PRCH (Program for Recovery and Community Health). His research focus is on social justice advocacy as a path to promoting the recovery and social inclusion of people experiencing addiction, mental health challenges, and discrimination.

He has a consulting practice where he works with individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, educational institutes, and community organizations seeking to build cohesive teams, improve interpersonal communication, implement, and manage change, and transform culture

In addition to these two new board members, Robin Cooper, Ph.D., faculty in DCRS and HCAS Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Program Development is serving her second term on the Board and Doles Jadotte, Ph.D. doctoral alumnus is serving his first term.

Posted 09/25/22

Halmos Faculty Featured on Al Rojo Vivo on Telemundo

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) was featured in the “Amenazas Escondidas” (Hidden threats) segments that aired over the summer on Al Rojo Vivo on Telemundo.  The producer of the show brought samples from swimming pools, bathing suits, reusable water bottles, and refrigerators to her lab so she could test for the bacteria E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus.  The results were revealed on the show with tips on how to avoid infection.

She teaches a variety of courses including Microbiology/Lab, Microbial Pathogenesis, Immunology, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Biology.

The “Amenazas Escondidas” (Hidden threats) segments may be accessed at:

7/28/2022     Descubren cientos de bacterias en las botellas de agua reusables

7/21/2022     Alertan sobre los peligros de probarse trajes de baño en las tiendas

7/15/2022     Expertos revelan cómo evitar las bacterias en las albercas

7/8/2022       ¿Cómo evitar bacterias en el refrigerador?

Posted 09/25/22

University School Speech and Debate Team Wins Top Awards

Our Speech and Debate team started off its 2022-23 season as the University of Kentucky Season Opener where they competed against 150 schools and earned top recognition, including a first place win!

Join us in congratulating our Sharks for their success and hard work. It is going to a FINtastic season!

  • Charlotte Reitman: placed 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking, earning her first bid to the Tournament of Champions
  • Ilan Arias & Maria Riofrio: placed 2nd in Public Forum Debate, earning their first bid to the Tournament of Champions
  • Lilian Anderson & Eva Egozi: placed 11th in Varsity Policy Debate
  • Logan Bratter & Samantha Hernandez: placed in the top 50 of Public Forum Debate

Learn more about NSU University School’s college preparatory program for students in Preschool – Grade 12 at www.uschool.nova.edu.

Posted 09/25/22

RAM Mission Trip Provides More Than $160,000 in Dental Services

Under the leadership of Dr. Steven Kaltman, Dean of Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine and Dr. Mark Schweizer, Assistant Dean of Community Programs and Public Health, we pride ourselves on being a good neighbor while creating a nurturing environment where dental students can learn to be “compassionate and caring professionals and giving back to our community”.

To put into practice the NSU CDM commitment to inclusivity and service, we have partnered with several community organizations to provide opportunities for student- dentists to build a lifelong enthusiasm for community outreach.

The college recently collaborated with Remote Area Medical on September 17-18 in Sparta, Tennessee.

About 410 extractions and 200 filling procedures for more than $160,000 in donated dental services were provided.

Remote Area Medical is a major nonprofit provider of free pop-up clinics. Its mission is to prevent pain and alleviate suffering by providing free, quality healthcare to those in need. It does this by delivering free dental, vision, and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals. Remote Area Medical has provided care across the world at more than 1,500 events.

Posted 09/25/22

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