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Alumni Class Notes
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific had the honor of being the interim chair of the OMM Department
Thomas Horowitz, DO ’82, lectured at the OPSC Convention there. She loves seeing students get excited about osteopathic
in San Diego, Feb. 2015. medicine and helping patients recover health! She welcomes
alumni to come by for a visit and to see the campus.
William Kaplan, DO ’83, was voted Family Medicine Physician
of the Year in 2011 by his peers at Kaiser Permanente, among 72 Robert Stoffey, DO ’92, is a board-certified radiologist with
candidates. That same year, he was also voted Glendale (Calif.) Mayo Clinic in Austin, Minn.
family medicine physician of the year by patients. Kenneth Tobin, DO ’92, is a clinical assistant professor for the
Charles Maynard, DO ’83, has written a second book, Department of Internal Medicine and also holds the role of
Adventures of a Small Town Doctor (Intermundia Press), which director in the Chest Pain Center at the University of Michigan.
chronicles the years he spent as the only practicing physician in a His specialty is cardiology, with clinical interests in the association
small town. All true, the book “peaks behind the curtain” of of patent foramen ovale and stroke, patent foramen ovale and
medical practice in a small town during the “golden era” of the migraine, preventive cardiology, and echocardiography. He
80s. Dr. Maynard has spoken to lay and medical audiences around completed two fellowships one in cardiovascular disease at
the country about this adventure, and it has been well received. William Beaumont Hospital in 1999 and the other in internal
medicine at Michigan State University in 1995.
Vice Dean David Connett, DO ’84, lectured at the OPSC
Convention in San Diego, Feb. 2015. Mark Eastman, DO ’93, lectured at the OPSC Convention in
San Diego, Feb. 2015.
Michael Wynn, DO ’84, had a chapbook accepted for
publication by Finishing Line Press that will be released later this AOA Trustee Geraldine O’Shea, DO ’93, recently testified before
year. He has also had his poetry published in JAMA, Neurology, the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health to
The Cortland Review, and elsewhere. emphasize the osteopathic medical profession’s unwavering
support of permanent Medicare physician payment reform.
Donald Grewell, DO ’85, is the executive director and
secretary/treasurer for the Montana Osteopathic Medical Kittredge Baldwin, DO ’96, is in pulmonary critical care
Association and president elect of the Northwest Osteopathic practice with The Doctor's Clinic in Silverdale, Wash.
Medical Foundation. He was a member of the 2014 AOA House of Alexander Lee, DO ’98, is board certified and in family practice
Delegates. with Multicare Spanaway Clinic in Spanaway, Wash.
Barbara Prah, DO ’85, is a member of the Arizona Medical Daniel Sciaroni, DO ’98, is board certified in family medicine
Board of Examiners and an ex-officio member of the John C. and practicing with Kuhio Medical Center in Lihue, Hawaii.
Lincoln Health Foundation. She practices administrative and
family medicine. William Carragher II, DO ’99, is the medical director of The
Body Well in West Hollywood, practicing age management
Robert Husband, DO ’86, lectured at the OPSC Convention in medicine.
San Diego, Feb. 2015.
Scott Ellner, DO ’99, was the featured speaker at the 2014
Larry Smith, DO ’88, is board-certified in family medicine and Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons in Boston,
practicing with Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, Wash. Mass. on September 19, 2014. Dr. Ellner spoke about the
“Evolution of Surgical Quality” to a packed audience, highlighting
Khang Hoang, DO ’89, has changed the name of his business to
Expreso Medical Dental Clinic, as he welcomes his sons, David key insights into driving performance improvement in surgical
Hoang, DO ’12, and Michael Hoang, DMD ’14, into the care. Currently, Dr. Ellner has created a medical student
family business. The family has also established the Expreso curriculum on patient safety and teaches these principles at the
Medical Dental Clinic Scholarship to be presented at the East West University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He also serves as
Scholarship Dinner on April 11. vice-chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Francis Hospital
in Hartford, Conn.
Eva Lynn Shay, DO ’91, closed the doors of Well Spring Health
Center, an OMM only practice in Presque Isle, Maine, after eleven Amir Koohestani, DO ’99, is board certified in family medicine
years of operation in July 2012. Since then, she has been an and OMM and is practicing with Richfield Medical Services in
assistant professor of osteopathic practice and principles at Lincoln Richfield, N.C.
Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Sunil Singhania, DO ’99, lectured at the OPSC Convention in
Harrogate, Tenn. Between May 2013 and August 2014, Dr. Shay San Diego, Feb. 2015.
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College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific had the honor of being the interim chair of the OMM Department
Thomas Horowitz, DO ’82, lectured at the OPSC Convention there. She loves seeing students get excited about osteopathic
in San Diego, Feb. 2015. medicine and helping patients recover health! She welcomes
alumni to come by for a visit and to see the campus.
William Kaplan, DO ’83, was voted Family Medicine Physician
of the Year in 2011 by his peers at Kaiser Permanente, among 72 Robert Stoffey, DO ’92, is a board-certified radiologist with
candidates. That same year, he was also voted Glendale (Calif.) Mayo Clinic in Austin, Minn.
family medicine physician of the year by patients. Kenneth Tobin, DO ’92, is a clinical assistant professor for the
Charles Maynard, DO ’83, has written a second book, Department of Internal Medicine and also holds the role of
Adventures of a Small Town Doctor (Intermundia Press), which director in the Chest Pain Center at the University of Michigan.
chronicles the years he spent as the only practicing physician in a His specialty is cardiology, with clinical interests in the association
small town. All true, the book “peaks behind the curtain” of of patent foramen ovale and stroke, patent foramen ovale and
medical practice in a small town during the “golden era” of the migraine, preventive cardiology, and echocardiography. He
80s. Dr. Maynard has spoken to lay and medical audiences around completed two fellowships one in cardiovascular disease at
the country about this adventure, and it has been well received. William Beaumont Hospital in 1999 and the other in internal
medicine at Michigan State University in 1995.
Vice Dean David Connett, DO ’84, lectured at the OPSC
Convention in San Diego, Feb. 2015. Mark Eastman, DO ’93, lectured at the OPSC Convention in
San Diego, Feb. 2015.
Michael Wynn, DO ’84, had a chapbook accepted for
publication by Finishing Line Press that will be released later this AOA Trustee Geraldine O’Shea, DO ’93, recently testified before
year. He has also had his poetry published in JAMA, Neurology, the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health to
The Cortland Review, and elsewhere. emphasize the osteopathic medical profession’s unwavering
support of permanent Medicare physician payment reform.
Donald Grewell, DO ’85, is the executive director and
secretary/treasurer for the Montana Osteopathic Medical Kittredge Baldwin, DO ’96, is in pulmonary critical care
Association and president elect of the Northwest Osteopathic practice with The Doctor's Clinic in Silverdale, Wash.
Medical Foundation. He was a member of the 2014 AOA House of Alexander Lee, DO ’98, is board certified and in family practice
Delegates. with Multicare Spanaway Clinic in Spanaway, Wash.
Barbara Prah, DO ’85, is a member of the Arizona Medical Daniel Sciaroni, DO ’98, is board certified in family medicine
Board of Examiners and an ex-officio member of the John C. and practicing with Kuhio Medical Center in Lihue, Hawaii.
Lincoln Health Foundation. She practices administrative and
family medicine. William Carragher II, DO ’99, is the medical director of The
Body Well in West Hollywood, practicing age management
Robert Husband, DO ’86, lectured at the OPSC Convention in medicine.
San Diego, Feb. 2015.
Scott Ellner, DO ’99, was the featured speaker at the 2014
Larry Smith, DO ’88, is board-certified in family medicine and Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons in Boston,
practicing with Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, Wash. Mass. on September 19, 2014. Dr. Ellner spoke about the
“Evolution of Surgical Quality” to a packed audience, highlighting
Khang Hoang, DO ’89, has changed the name of his business to
Expreso Medical Dental Clinic, as he welcomes his sons, David key insights into driving performance improvement in surgical
Hoang, DO ’12, and Michael Hoang, DMD ’14, into the care. Currently, Dr. Ellner has created a medical student
family business. The family has also established the Expreso curriculum on patient safety and teaches these principles at the
Medical Dental Clinic Scholarship to be presented at the East West University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He also serves as
Scholarship Dinner on April 11. vice-chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Francis Hospital
in Hartford, Conn.
Eva Lynn Shay, DO ’91, closed the doors of Well Spring Health
Center, an OMM only practice in Presque Isle, Maine, after eleven Amir Koohestani, DO ’99, is board certified in family medicine
years of operation in July 2012. Since then, she has been an and OMM and is practicing with Richfield Medical Services in
assistant professor of osteopathic practice and principles at Lincoln Richfield, N.C.
Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Sunil Singhania, DO ’99, lectured at the OPSC Convention in
Harrogate, Tenn. Between May 2013 and August 2014, Dr. Shay San Diego, Feb. 2015.
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