Tag: Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

NSU Participates in International Women’s Day Event

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) celebrated International Women’s Day with a panel discussion led by Mathan M. Kannayan and Katherine E. Dookhan. This panel featured three accomplished female leaders in the NSU community.

The event brought together Dr. Andrea Nevins, Dr. Paula Anderson-Worts, and Dr. Michelle Clark to discuss their experiences as women in leadership roles. The panelists shared stories of their personal and professional journeys, as well as insights on how to empower and support women in all areas of life.

Attendees were inspired by the speakers and left with a renewed sense of purpose to continue advancing gender equity in their communities. The event was a resounding success and a reminder of the importance of celebrating and supporting women’s achievements.

The AAUW Executive board would like to thank all participants for making this event possible and for all the students, faculty, and staff that continue to support our mission to promote equity for women and girls.

Posted 03/27/23

Student Dietitians Explore Grow2Heal Garden in Homestead

For the graduate student dietitian, a culminating experience in the “Culinary lab” course included a visit to Baptist Hospitals’ Grow2Heal Garden in Homestead, FL. The KPCOM, Department of Nutrition established a relationship with Baptist Health and Garden Manager, Thi Squire four years ago. The garden opened in 2014 with the goal to reach members of the community, improve their health, and prevent future disease. You can read more about the garden at https://baptisthealth.net/baptist-health-news/grow2heal-homestead-hospitals-community-garden .

The nutrition students were given a list of vegetables, herbs, and spices that were currently growing in the garden and would be available for their use. On the list was green papaya, rainbow chard, kale, yellow cauliflower, and tomatoes. Upon arrival, items such as ramen noodles, couscous, chickpeas, and chicken were added to the list. The students were challenged with creating a “Farm to Table” experience and then serving this meal to the Garden Manager, her assistants, their professor, and each other.

Quickly the students divided into three groups, devised their menu, and went to work. This challenge brought together the various concepts that they had learned from Food Service Management, Culinary Nutrition, Medical Nutrition Therapy, World Culture, Wellness, and other courses. The items created were: Green Papaya Slaw with a homemade Chili-Garlic dressing, Fresh Garden Vegetable Stir Fry, and Crispy Chickpea, Cauliflower, & Couscous salad with a Lemon-turmeric Herb dressing. The meal was enjoyed by all. Following lunch, students toured the garden, identifying various vegetables and herbs that grow well in the South Florida climate.

Student Dietitian, Sarah Jarrett commented that the garden was “a space to learn, nourish, and heal both yourself and others.” Cara Gonnello added, “Spending time at the Grow2Heal garden in Homestead was a fantastic hands-on experience for our cohort.”

Posted 03/12/23

NSU Professor Featured at Medical Conference

Theoharis C. Theoharides, Ph.D., M.D., will be a speaker spotlight at the upcoming Functional & Translational Medicine Conference on March 16-18 in Charlotte, N.C. Theoharides is a Nova Southeastern University professor at the Institute of Neuro-Immune Medicine.

The conference, on behalf of the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS), notes that Theoharides is “one of our many powerful speakers at the conference.

“Dr. Theo comes to MAPS with a world of expertise and overwhelming knowledge in the field of Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. His research stretches across the globe, as he has devoted decades of his life to improving the lives for families everywhere!”

The title of Theoharides’ talk is “Brain mast cells and microglia lead to neuroinflammation and disrupt neuronal communication.”

Get more information on the conference HERE.

Posted 03/08/23

Get Ready for Salsa Nights with NSU-KPCOM’s HOMSA

Dear Salsa Lovers,

Our FIRST Salsa Class of the Winter semester was Thursday, February 16, and on March 16 and April 20, we are holding dance classes as well! Stay updated by following us on IG: @nsuhomsa.

This is a class therefore we will teach you everything you need to know. So, NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED and NO PARTNER REQUIRED. However, feel free to bring anyone you want (family, friends, neighbors, abuelas, and abuelos) if you want to come with a partner!

We will have two lessons: Beginner Hour starting at 6:00 PM and Intermediate hour starting at 7:00 PM. Meet us in the OMM Lab (room 3201) for a good time! Please let us know you will be attending by completing our Registration Form before each class: https://forms.gle/7uUwRE8JcPbZPq5G8

Looking forward to dancing with you! 😊 If you have any questions, please reach out to Alysia Treacy at1242@mynsu.nova.edu.

Posted 02/09/23

LEC Conference Connects, Engages, And Inspires

NSU’s Learning and Educational Center (LEC), under the direction LEC’s executive director, Diane Lippe, Ed.S., hosted a two-day virtual conference that showcased a variety of NSU educators presenting on a wide array of topics. The theme for the conference was, “Connect, Engage, Inspire,” and it gave NSU faculty and staff an opportunity to share their knowledge and practices with other educators at the university. Presentations covered teaching strategies, technology tools, BEDI (belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion) practices, student engagement, and more. Some sample presentation titles were: “That’s Debatable: How to Create Better Writers Using Micro-Debates,” “Developing and Using Vision Statements to Enhance Course Design and Improve Student Outcomes,” and, “Connecting Faculty and Student (Re)Engagement with Relationship-Rich Education.”

Presenters represented the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, as  well as the Writing and Communication Center and the Learning and Educational Center. The conference also included two highly engaging presentations by Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Ron Chenail. According to conference organizer Marti Snyder, Ph.D., “Opportunities such as this year’s virtual conference facilitate sharing of teaching and learning best practices across NSU. We were thrilled to have 250 registered attendees representing all NSU colleges and many offices. We are grateful to our attendees, presenters, LEC staff, and the LEC Advisory Council for their contributions to this successful event.”

Congratulations to the Learning and Educational Center for organizing and hosting the 2022 Teaching and Learning Conference!    To watch the video recordings of the conference presentations, please visit the conference playlist here. You can also visit the Learning and Educational Center’s website here.

Posted 12/11/22

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

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

Virtual Event: ‘Humans 2.0: The Ethical Controversy of Human Upgrades,’ Oct. 19

The NSU Center for Applied Humanities and Lifelong Learning Institute Members Advisory Committee are proud to co-sponsor an upcoming virtual event, “Humans 2.0: The Ethical Controversy of Human Upgrades,” on Wednesday, October 19, from 7 to 9 p.m.

This collaborative event, which brings together the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Kirin C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, features a debate between noted transhumanism scholars, James Hughes, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts) and Susan Levin, Ph.D. (Smith College), as they consider the pros and cons of biotechnological enhancement.

The event will be moderated by Vicki Toscano, J.D., Ph.D.,  and Jeremy Weissman, Ph.D., from the Department of Humanities and Politics.  The event is free and open to the public, but webinar registration is required.  Please contact Marlisa Santos, Ph.D. (santosm@nova.edu), Director of the NSU Center for Applied Humanities with questions.

Event in Orlando Allows NSU to Reconnect with Alumni

Nova Southeastern University recently held an event in Orlando for alumni from NSU’s College of Dental Medicine and the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. Alumni from the region, NSU President and CEO Dr. George L. Hanbury II, Dean Elaine M. Wallace from the College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Dean Steven I. Kaltman from the College of Dental Medicine attended the event, which was held August 4 at the Interlachen Country Club in Winter Park.

Maintaining connections with those who graduated is vital for a robust and vibrant university. Having pride in where you earned your degree is something NSU works hard to cultivate and nurture. To that end, the university’s Alumni Relations Department schedules events in various parts of Florida and the nation for alumni to meet, network and catch up on old times.

Posted 08/14/22

INIM Clinic Provides Traditional Chinese Medicine Services

Hey NSU!

Did you know that the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine’s Clinic now provides several traditional Chinese medicine services?

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners use various mind and body practices as well as herbal products to address health problems such as pain, stress, fatigue, headache, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, nausea, menopause, inflammation, weight loss/gain, and insomnia.

Services include:

  • Acupuncture – very thin needles are inserted into the skin at targeted points on the body which stimulates a relaxation response in the body, regulating immune function, and reducing symptoms. It has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) with clinical benefits to various diseases & syndromes.
  • Cupping – glass cups are placed on your back, stomach, arms, legs or other parts of your body and with the use of a vacuum or suction force which pulls the skin upward. Cupping regulates immune responses to inflammation and autoimmune disorders. Used for joint pains, myalgias, migraines, stress, anxiety, and improving circulation.
  • Moxibustion – A form of a dried plant is burned near the surface of the skin that can help with aches and pains, warms the body, helps strengthen the immune system, and re-balances auto-immune diseases.
  • Sound/Vibrational Therapy – Sound vibrations relax the mind & body and promote circulation, energy flow, and rejuvenation.
  • Chinese Herbs & Vitamin/Supplement Advice – The use of plants and natural substances for therapy or medicinal purposes.
  • Breathing & Meditation Exercises – Meditation stimulates immune system brain-function regions, uniting the mind, body, and spirit into a powerful triad.
  • Nutritional Medicine – Many medical conditions can be prevented or treated effectively with the use of dietary modifications and nutritional supplements.

Interested in these services? Set up an appointment today at our Davie or Kendall clinic! Have patients who may be interested in these services? Please, refer them to us!

You can set up an appointment at our clinic by calling: (954) 262-2850.

Posted 06/05/22

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