Page 55 - WesternU View Summer 2019

Eric Sugihara, DO ’13, is living in Seattle, than 50 high-caliber professors, Valerie Lew, DVM ’18, is a rotating intern
Wash. and is a fellow in advanced administrators, and other personnel, some with VCA San Francisco Veterinary
otology/skull base at Proliance Surgeons & of whom have spent their entire Specialists in San Francisco, Calif.
Swedish Medical Center. educational careers developing their ideas.
In August 2018, Michelle Lim Serrao, PA ’98,
COMP NMM/OMM Chair and Associate Richard Aptaker, DO ’88, retired as of April started a new position as a medical science
Professor Rebecca E. Giusti, DO ’03, was 2018. He has more than 25 years of liaison for La Jolla Pharmaceutical
elected to the Board of Governors of the experience in the field of physical medicine Company in San Diego, Calif. She is also a
American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) and rehabilitation. He trained at the top- member of the PA Studies Advisory
on March 22, 2018 at the organization’s rated Shirley Ryan Ability Council for Chapman University.
annual Convocation in Dallas, Texas. Lab/Northwestern University, and was a
Aditi Mehta, DO ’11, completed her
Dr. Giusti was one of four osteopathic former Chief of the Department of PM&R
pediatric residency at the University of
physicians from around the country to be at Kaiser San Francisco and Director of the
Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas,
newly elected as a governor of the AAO, Non-Surgical Spine Clinic, with more
Nev. in June 2015. She then completed a
the largest medical society in the United recent work at Kaiser Oakland
three-year pediatric hematology oncology
States devoted to fostering neuromuscu- Department of Orthopedics doing
fellowship at Children’s Hospital of
loskeletal medicine and osteopathic musculoskeletal medicine and
Orange County (CHOC) in Orange, Calif.
manipulative medicine (NMM/OMM). She electrodiagnostic testing. He is
in June 2018. She has continued to work
is serving a three-year term. Dr. Giusti is transitioning out of clinical care into
at CHOC as a pediatric oncologist.
certified by the American Council of consulting and/or teaching roles and other
Exercise, and she has been a practicing non-clinical care opportunities.
Vinit Milind Nigudkar, MSPS ’12, began a
fitness professional since 1998. Her
Hsu-Hsiang (Andrew) Chang, DO ’13, is new position in October 2018 as a
lifelong enthusiasm for being active and
working as an emergency physician for formulation scientist with Innophos in
physically fit led her to practice and teach
PIH Health at Intercommunity Emergency Cranbury, N.J.
yoga in Southern California. In 2017, she
Medical Group in Whittier, Calif., and is a
led breakout sessions for the AAO’s David Ninan, DO ’99, has been working as
clinical assistant professor of emergency
Convocation, in which she focused on an anesthesiologist with Riverside
medicine for WesternU.
yoga and breathing and on fluid dynamics University Health System in Moreno
of the cranium. Valley, Calif. for more than 15 years, and
Jeff Chen, OD ’16, has been working as an
In April 2018, Nicole Mendoza, MSN-FNP optometrist with OC Eyecare Optometry in July 2018 assumed the position of chief
of staff-elect.
’15, opened Foundational Medicine in Placentia, Calif. since March 2018.
Primary Care in Medford, Ore. Her Laila Osmani, OD ’14, is now an associate
In July 2018, Ivy Chua, MSN ’09, FNP ’13,
practice provides client care using monthly optometrist with Stanton Optical in
took a new position as a family nurse
subscription fees to cover office visits, as Modesto, Calif.
practitioner with the Illumination
well as telephone, text, and email support.
Foundation in Irvine, Calif.
She is a member of the Miluk Coos Tribe In July 2018, Drupad Parikh, MSPS ’10,
and has been a contract family nurse Kate Doerksen, MSPA ’14, began work in PharmD ’10, left CVS to become a clinical
practitioner with the Confederated Tribes August 2018 as a hematology/oncology pharmacist with Tech Plus Med Solutions
of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw physician assistant with Stanford Health in Pico Rivera, Calif.
Indians since 2015. Care in Palo Alto, Calif. She previously
Cindy Park, PharmD ’18, co-authored “The
held an oncology position with St. Joseph’s
Erin Dresner, DVM ’12, wrote a chapter in Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose
Cancer Institute in Stockton, Calif., and
the fifth edition of The Feline Patient Monitoring in Patients with Type 2
completed an oncology fellowship with
(available on Amazon). Lisa Restine, DVM Diabetes: A Systematic Review of
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
’14, was one of the book’s editors. Literature and Meta-analysis” in a recent
Texas.
issue of Diabetes Technology &
Vanessa (Fravel) Hoard, DVM ’09, co- Therapeutics.
Tyler Harrington, DPT ’18, is now practicing
authored the “Walrus Medicine” chapter
at Capitol Physical Therapy in Waunakee,
in the third edition of the CRC Handbook Ashley (Gavin) Shaw, DO ’10, is a primary
Wis. Click here to read his profile in the
of Marine Mammal Medicine. care physician with the VA Healthcare
Waunakee Tribune:
System and a hospitalist with the 673rd
Long Nguyen, DO ’16, and his two http://www.hngnews.com/waunakee_tribu Medical Group on Joint Base Elmendorf-
colleagues were one of three teams to ne/news/business/article_edd7f719-1699- Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. She is a
receive $20,000 in funding to help 5e88-8383-e80f29ea7f25.html proud Air Force wife and a full-time
promote and implement their bettering- mother to three young children.
In July, Grace Kwon, DO ’10, founded the
the-community oriented idea. They were
Healthy Mind Center, a mental health
selected from a total of nine teams with Katalina Yandell, OD ’18, is now an
clinic, in Tustin, Calif. She also consults as
expertise in health technology, logistics, associate optometrist with Optical
an addiction psychiatrist with Newport
and operations, and competed with more Illusions, an optometric practice in San
Academy in Irvine, Calif.
Jose, Calif.
WESTERNU VIEW Summer/Fall 2019 | 53