Message from the Chair - Northeast Ohio Medical University

Faculty Profile
Patricia L. Matto, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine at NEOUCOM, is an assistant program director, osteopathic
director of medical education, and osteopathic program director at the Aultman Family Medicine Residency in Canton. Matto
attended Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pa. She moved to Massillon to complete her osteopathic internship
and completed her family medicine residency at Aultman Hospital.
Following residency, she went into private practice. In 2006, a dually-accredited (M.D./D.O.) family medicine program was
started, and she took the opportunity to become the program director of the LECOM/Aultman Osteopathic Family Medicine
Program, and completed the Fellowship in Academic Medicine (FAME) in 2008, with an interest in curriculum development.
In 2009, she became the osteopathic director of medical education.
Matto resides in Massillon, in Jackson Township, and is married to Brian Aurand, who is currently a professor at the University of Mount Union and a
doctoral student at Cleveland State University in the Global Business Program. She is a lucky woman to be the stepmother to Jessica (17) and Jake (14).
Matto also is the tired, proud mother of Sydney (3) and due to have her second child in April 2011. In her free time, she continues the piano lessons
she began in 2007. She also enjoys cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers, scrapbooking, reading novels and keeping her jealous, needy Golden Retriever,
Jasper, from ingesting any more small toys!
Faculty Development
Fellows Selected for the New Fellowship in Academic Medicine:
Teaching and Research Tracks
We are excited about launching the new, dual track Fellowship in Academic Medicine, thanks to a Grant for Physician Faculty Development in Primary
Care from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (Award no. 1 D55HP20645-01-00).
The following applicants have been accepted for the teaching and research tracks, based on grant priorities of primary care specialties and physician
faculty who teach in community health centers and federally designated health professions shortage areas. The first of 10 monthly fellowship sessions is
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, culminating with presentations of scholarly projects by the fellows, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 at the NEOUCOM Rootstown
campus. Please join us in congratulating these fellows on their path of skill development and academic leadership.
Teaching Track
Rama Chandrashekaran, M.D. – General Pediatrics
Neighborhood Health Care, Inc. (Harrison, Ohio)
David M. Cola, D.O. – Family Medicine
Community Action Agency of Columbiana County (Lisbon, Ohio)
Rosanna Dean-Scott, M.D. – Family Medicine
Akron Community Health Center – Portage (Kent, Ohio)
Kyle A. Gustafson, Pharm.D., BCPS – Pharmacy Practice
Southwest General Hospital (Broadview Heights, Ohio)
Jessica L. Handel, D.O. – Family Medicine
St. Elizabeth Health Center (Youngstown, Ohio)
Thomas D. Macabobby, M.D. – Family Medicine
St. Elizabeth Health Center (Youngstown, Ohio)
Grenville Machado, M.D. – Family Medicine (Copley, Ohio)
James E. Phillips, M.D. – Internal Medicine (Akron, Ohio)
Rob Salyer, D.O. – General Pediatrics (PGY3)
Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron, Ohio)
Stacey R. Schneider, Pharm.D. – Pharmacy Practice
NEOUCOM
Research Track
Magdi Awad, B.S., Pharm.D. – Pharmacy Practice
NEOUCOM
Denise Bobovnyik, M.D. – Family Medicine (Canfield, Ohio)
Frederick U. Eruo, M.D., M.P.H. – Obstetrics/Gynecology
Aultman Hospital (Canton, Ohio)
Samantha Gunkelman, M.D. – General Pediatrics
Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron, Ohio)
Douglas W. Harley, D.O. – Family Medicine
Akron General Medical Center (Akron, Ohio)
Kathryn Hixon, M.D. – General Pediatrics
Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron, Ohio)
Roger Musa, M.D. – Family Medicine
Aultman Hospital (Canton, Ohio)
Andrew J. Naumoff, M.D. – Family Medicine
Dunlap Family Physicians (Orrville, Ohio)
Timothy Ulbrich, Pharm.D. – Pharmacy Practice
NEOUCOM
Kanwaljit Waraich, M.D. – General Internal Medicine
Western Reserve Care System (Youngstown, Ohio)