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AOA president visits First private-party COMP-Northwest
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) President Robert S. scholarship established
Juhasz, DO, spent time with College of Osteopathic Two longtime
Medicine of the Pacific administrators and students during Lebanon
his visit to Pomona, California, on January 7. residents have
created the
Juhasz is an AOA board-certified internist from Concord John and Carol
Township, Ohio. He is president of Cleveland Clinic’s South Dinges Medical
Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, where he Education
worked his way up from an after-school job as a dishwasher. Scholarship, the
first private-
He talked about AOA’s priorities in the coming year, and
answered students’ questions about the creation of a single party
accreditation system for Graduate Medical Education. Also, scholarship
AOA is implementing its strategic plan, which includes five established at
priority areas for 2014-16: governance, research, education, COMP-
advocacy and awareness. Northwest.
The Dingeses
donated
$25,000 to
provide a
$5,000
scholarship
each year to a
COMP-
Northwest
student who
comes from a
small town and
is committed to Left to right: Carol and John Dinges, COMP Dean Paula Crone, DO,
and Dr. Paul Aversano. Photo by Nic Hayes.
practicing
primary care in a small town.
“I’ve been concerned about the shortage of medical
Left to right: COMP students Karim Fahmy, Pradhab Kirupaharan, Robert S. Juhasz, DO, professionals in rural areas for many years,” Carol Dinges
Provost/COO Gary Gugelchuk and COMP Dean Paula Crone, DO. said. “Perhaps our financial assistance can help encourage a
student who wants to practice in one of these underserved
areas, but who might be concerned about how to repay
“As we enter this era of developing a single accreditation medical school loans with the relatively modest income of a
system, I think it really is an opportunity for us to speak rural primary care physician.”
about the validity of our osteopathic approach to care,”
Juhasz said. “We not only have the opportunity, but we “We are ordinary people, and I hope that others will
have the responsibility to share with the medical education recognize that they need not be wealthy to make a
world what it is we do and how we teach.” difference,” she added.
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AOA president visits First private-party COMP-Northwest
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) President Robert S. scholarship established
Juhasz, DO, spent time with College of Osteopathic Two longtime
Medicine of the Pacific administrators and students during Lebanon
his visit to Pomona, California, on January 7. residents have
created the
Juhasz is an AOA board-certified internist from Concord John and Carol
Township, Ohio. He is president of Cleveland Clinic’s South Dinges Medical
Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, where he Education
worked his way up from an after-school job as a dishwasher. Scholarship, the
first private-
He talked about AOA’s priorities in the coming year, and
answered students’ questions about the creation of a single party
accreditation system for Graduate Medical Education. Also, scholarship
AOA is implementing its strategic plan, which includes five established at
priority areas for 2014-16: governance, research, education, COMP-
advocacy and awareness. Northwest.
The Dingeses
donated
$25,000 to
provide a
$5,000
scholarship
each year to a
COMP-
Northwest
student who
comes from a
small town and
is committed to Left to right: Carol and John Dinges, COMP Dean Paula Crone, DO,
and Dr. Paul Aversano. Photo by Nic Hayes.
practicing
primary care in a small town.
“I’ve been concerned about the shortage of medical
Left to right: COMP students Karim Fahmy, Pradhab Kirupaharan, Robert S. Juhasz, DO, professionals in rural areas for many years,” Carol Dinges
Provost/COO Gary Gugelchuk and COMP Dean Paula Crone, DO. said. “Perhaps our financial assistance can help encourage a
student who wants to practice in one of these underserved
areas, but who might be concerned about how to repay
“As we enter this era of developing a single accreditation medical school loans with the relatively modest income of a
system, I think it really is an opportunity for us to speak rural primary care physician.”
about the validity of our osteopathic approach to care,”
Juhasz said. “We not only have the opportunity, but we “We are ordinary people, and I hope that others will
have the responsibility to share with the medical education recognize that they need not be wealthy to make a
world what it is we do and how we teach.” difference,” she added.
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