university advancement 2004 highlights - Western University of ...

STUDENTS& ALUMNIALUMNI NOTES1983Robert Speakman, DO ’83, has sold his private practice inCalifornia and moved to Utah. He has taken a facultyposition with the University of Utah, helping to developoutpatient community urgent care centers and develop aflight medicine program.1985Congratulations to Michael Krasnow, DO ’85, who graduatedfrom the 2003-04 Osteopathic Heritage Health PolicyFellowship in September 2004. This one-year programprepares osteopathic physicians and health care leaders fromprivate practice, health organizations and osteopathic medicaleducation to formulate, analyze and respond to health policy.Upon completion of the program, Dr. Krasnow was awarded acertificate by the AOA. As a graduate of the program he joinsthe ranks of health policy experts from which the osteopathicmedical profession can draw to staff committees and taskforces at the federal, state and local levels in various arenas,testify on issues relevant to osteopathic medical educationand develop policy position. He is one of 13 fellows that wereselected to participate in the program from a competitive fieldof applicants.1997Congratulations to Mahathep Srikureja, DO ’97, andwife Ruby who proudly announced the birth of theirdaughter, Alexandria Ariana on Oct. 17, 2004. LittleAlexandria weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. and was 19" long.1998Kenneth Whitlow, DO ’98, has been appointed AssistantProfessor of Emergency Medicine, VCU School of Medicine. Heis also a Fellow of the American Academy of EmergencyMedicine (AAEM).1999Congratulations to Julia Previch, MPT ’99, whoreceived a "Rising Star" award at the CPTA ConferenceAwards Luncheon on Oct. 23, 2004. She was nominatedby the OC District for serving as secretary anddemonstrating good leadership skills.2000The Alumni Office sincerely thanks Habib Sadeghi, DO ’00, forbecoming a lifetime member of the Alumni Association. In hiswords, "The first day of classes in 1995 I promised myself to sendin a check and become a lifetime member of COMP." Dr. Sadeghicompleted his preliminary internship in internal medicine at LongIsland College Hospital in 2000 and his rotating internship andfamily medicine residency at Northside Hospital and HeartInstitute in 2001 and 2004, respectively.Elizabeth Hudson, DO ’00, completed her residency at Yale inboth internal and preventive medicine. She also received her MPHfrom Yale in May 2004 and is currently an infectious diseasefellow at Stanford University.Leila Williams, DO ’97, moved to a naval submarinebase in Groton, Conn. in 2004, after a six-monthdeployment to Kuwait/Iraq in 2003.24 Spring 2005 www.westernu.edu