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Front Row Left to right: Ann Peton, B.S.; Randy Litman, D.O.; Joanna Drowos, D.O., MPH, MBA, CQM; Geetha Kumar, M.D.; Elaine LeTarte, MA. Back row left to right: Ronald Manning, J.D.; Layne Subera, D.O.; Robert Hunter, D.O., CMD, FAOCEP; Paul Seltzer, D.O.; Jennifer Capezzuti, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A. Not pictured: James Lally, D.O. |
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Jennifer Capezzuti, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Fort Laudedale, FL
Dr. Capezzuti received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSUCOM) in 2004. At the same time, she received her Master of Public Health degree with highest honors, graduating first in her class. In 2007, she completed a three year internship/residency in Family Practice at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Capezzuti received a Master of Business Administration degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1997. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 1992. She is a Diplomate, American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians, since 2007
Dr. Capezzuti is a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Medical Association (AMA), the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA), the Broward County Medical Association (BCMA) and their Women’s Physician Group, and the Broward County Osteopathic Medical Association (BCOMA). Additionally, she is an active member of DOCare International and has served on medical missions in Guatemala since 2001, becoming faculty in 2007. Dr. Capezzuti mentors NSUCOM third and fourth year medical students in her office, and will begin to mentor Kaiser University Physician Assistant students in her practice with the inception of their 2010 program. Additionally, she is an active member of the Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dr. Capezzuti is in family practice specializing in preventative medicine for patients age 13 and older. She is in solo practice in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where Broward Health employs her. Broward Health is one of the ten largest public health systems in the nation. Prior to medical school and residency, Merck & Co, Inc. employed Dr. Capezzuti. She began her career with Merck in 1992 as a staff biologist. She went on to hold positions in regulatory and clinical research as well. After earning her M.B.A., she decided to try her hand in the marketing arena. Since marketing managers were required to have a minimum of two years of field experience in order to “learn the ropes”, she took a pharmaceutical sales representative position in Boca Raton, Florida. She then fell in love with Florida and enrolled in medical school instead of returning to Pennsylvania.
Dr. Capezzuti’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship is self-sponsored.
Joanna L. Drowos, D.O., M.P.H, M.B.A., C.Q.M.
Boca Raton, FL
Dr. Drowos earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2004. During her tenure at NSU she also earned a Master of Public Health degree and completed an Undergraduate Fellowship in Osteopathic Principles and Practice. After completing a Pediatrics-tracked rotating internship at Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, FL, Dr. Drowos proceeded to complete a residency in Preventive Medicine at the Palm Beach County Health Department immediately followed by a Family Medicine residency at Broward General Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Drowos is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Occupational and Preventive Medicine, the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice and the American College of Medical Quality. In addition to her medical training, she earned a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration from Florida Atlantic University in 2008. She also completed the Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Health Policy Fellowship for residents through NYCOM in 2008.
She is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Osteopathic Association, the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine. She serves on the ACOFP Young Physicians and Residents Committee and the Public Health Committee. Dr. Drowos has served on several AOA committees and bureaus including the Membership Bureau and the Committee on Socioeconomic Affairs. Community involvement includes completion of the Anti-Defamation League’s Glass Leadership Institute and serving on the ADL’s Florida Regional Board, as well as on the leadership boards for Hadassah and the South Palm Beach County Jewish Federation. She also volunteers for Animal Aid, a no-kill pet rescue shelter. Awards won during medical school include the Government and Public Policy Award, the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Public Health Student, the FMA Sanford Mullen Award for outstanding community service and the 2002 NSU-COM Student of the Year. In 2008 she was selected for an Excellence in Medicine Award from the American Medical Association in addition to being named an American Osteopathic Foundation Merck Outstanding Resident.
Dr. Drowos is currently the Center Medical Director of the Riviera Beach Health Center with the Palm Beach County Health Department. There she oversees and directly provides care to patients with communicable diseases like HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. She has a faculty appointment at NSU-COM and is on the faculty for the Preventive Medicine Residency with the Palm Beach County Health Department. Additionally, she works as a consultant for the medicine service at the V.A. Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine is sponsoring Dr. Drowos for the 2010 Health Policy Fellowship.
Robert L. Hunter, D.O., FACOEP, CMD
Beavercreek, Ohio
Dr. Hunter received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997. He graduated from Concord College in 1992 with a B.S. in Biology. He completed a one-year rotating internship in 1998 and Family Practice/Emergency Medicine Residency in 2002 at Grandview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. He obtained his Fellowship in Emergency Medicine in 2007. Dr. Hunter is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the ABOEM and Family Medicine by the AOBFP.
He has practiced for ten years in Huber Heights, Ohio. He serves as medical director at skilled and nonskilled facilities. In 2000 he became a member of the Post Doc Committee and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at Grandview Hospital. In 2001 he became part of the Credentials Committee. He then was nominated as Member at Large of the Medical Staff Executive Committee and continues to be an active member. Dr. Hunter served as the past chair of the Family Practice Department at Grandview Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. In 2007 became Division Head, Family Practice Children’s Medical Center. He serves as a quality care advisor at Maria Joseph Center, Dayton, Ohio. In 2008 he joined as medical director at Care Source Management, Dayton, Ohio. He is a team physician and Wound Care Consultant to VITAS Hospice, Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Hunter is a member of Revenue, Billing, and Contract Negotiation Committee of Providence Medical Group. He continues to serve as a preceptor to Kettering College of Medical Arts, Physician Assistant Program and the assistant director of the emergency medicine residency at Grandview Hospital. Dr. Hunter is clinical associate professor at OUCOM in Family and Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Hunter is a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA), American Medical Director Association (AMDA), American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), and the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP). He is the past State Trustee of the Dayton District Academy of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a committee member of EMS Committee, ACOEP. He is a committee member of the Federal Legislative Committee, ACOFP. He has served as past president, Dayton District Academy from 2008-2009. Dr. Hunter is the chair of State of Ohio Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee from 2008 to present. He is treasurer or OOA. He is the Vice-President elect of Ohio ACOFP. Dr. Hunter is a committee member of Emergency Medicine Certification Commission of Health Information Technology. He serves as a member of Health Advisory Committee for state Senator Steve Austria.
Grandview Hospital/Foundation, the Ohio Osteopathic Association/Ohio Osteopathic Foundation, and Care Source Management Group sponsor Dr. Hunter’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
Geetha Kumar, M.D.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Dr. Geetha Kumar graduated from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India and received her M.B.B.S degree in 1975. She completed her one year rotating internship in India in 1976. She immigrated to the United States in 1978. She completed one year of internship in Pediatrics at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. She then completed her residency and training in General Psychiatry, also at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Dr. Kumar completed her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She is board certified in General Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Kumar has been practicing General as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the past 23 years. She has been working at UMDNJ/School of Osteopathic Medicine for the past 20 years. Dr. Kumar has served on several committees such as Research, Ethics, Performance Improvement and Faculty Practice Plan at UMDNJ as well as at Kennedy Memorial Hospital in South Jersey. She has been awarded the distinguished fellowship of the American Psychiatric Association in 2003. Dr. Kumar has received the “Top Doc” award for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by the South Jersey magazine several times. She has also served as a Board Examiner for the Osteopathic Psychiatry Board for several years. Dr. Kumar is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and the New Jersey Psychiatric Association.
At the start of her career with UMDNJ, Dr. Kumar developed the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Unit at Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (which is an affiliate of UMDNJ). The unit is very successful and is located in a community hospital. She has held various administrative positions including Medical Director of the Inpatient Unit, and Chief of Psychiatry at the hospital. She has also been the Clinical Director of the Department of Psychiatry at UMDNJ/SOM, as well as the Vice Chair of the department. Dr. Kumar is currently the Acting Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at UMDNJ/SOM, a position she has held since 10/2008. She has been very involved in teaching residents, medical students and other allied health professionals. In addition to her clinical work, she has been involved in clinical research in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and published numerous papers. She has also sponsored medical students for their summer research programs.
UMDNJ/SOM sponsors Dr. Kumar’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
James M. Lally, D.O.
Chino, California
James M. Lally received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 1991, following with a Masters’ of Science degree in Health Professions Education in 1993. He received his Bachelor of Sciences in Liberal Studies, Regents’ College, Albany, NY. He completed a rotating internship and family practice residency at Doctors’ Hospital of Montclair and stayed in the local area.
Dr. Lally served in the US Army for 15 years, starting as a Special Forces Medic and ending up as a Physician’s Assistant. A parachute injury ended his military career prematurely although he was able to smoothly transition into medical school.
He is board certified in Family Practice, and has Certificates of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine and Geriatrics by the American Osteopathic Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American College of Physician Executives, and the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine.
In 2000, Dr. Lally earned a Masters in Medical Management from the Heinz School of Public Policy of Carnegie Mellon University, where he put together a concept to buy a psychiatric hospital and an acute care hospital in Chino, California. He achieved his project goal in 2001 and for 3 years worked to maintain the viability of the two facilities. Due to poor government reimbursement and even poorer insurance contracts, he placed the two facilities into Chapter 11 in early 2004. He sold the psychiatric hospital to Psych Solutions and the acute care hospital became part of the Prime Healthcare System, which has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the top 10 healthcare systems in the country. He has remained at the helm of the facility as its President & Chief Medical Officer. He maintains daily patient contact through an internship and family practice residency that he directs and works as a hospitalist in addition to his administrative responsibilities of overseeing the daily operations of ChinoValley Medical Center.
He is the Chairman of the International Shooting Sports Federation’s medical committee and was the immediate past-President for USA Shooting. He has participated in the last 4 Olympic Games as the physician in charge of shooting and its venue. He is currently on the Board of the US Judo Association.
Dr. Lally is past-President of the Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons of California. He is the current chair of the AOA Bureau of Education and the immediate past chair of the Commission on Osteopathic Colleges’ Accreditation. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Bureau of Hospitals, is on the Board of Directors of the American Osteopathic Information Association and is the Vice-President of the American Osteopathic Foundation. He has been a delegate to the AOA House of Delegates for the past 15 years. Dr. Lally was awarded AOA’s Mentor of the Year for 2008.
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc and Chino Valley Medical Center sponsor Dr Lally in the Health Policy Fellowship.
Elaine LeTarte, M.A.
Tempe, Arizona
Ms. LeTarte received her M.A. in speech communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976. She later did doctoral coursework there in organizational communication and medical sociology, and in summer 1997 was a CIC Traveling Scholar to the Ohio State University to study at the Disaster Research Center. Ms. LeTarte received a B.S. in communication and mathematics from Central Michigan University.
Ms. LeTarte has been the Executive Director of the AZ Board of Osteopathic Examiners for three years, between 2002-2005 and again from November 2008. Prior to working with the Board, Ms. LeTarte was a consultant manager in the special projects office of the AZ Governor and campaign finance supervisor in the Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. Between 1989 and 1997, she was the director of the state boards regulating chiropractors and homeopathic physicians.
Ms. LeTarte is a member of the Administrators in Medicine, a national organization of executive directors of physician licensing boards, affiliated with the Federation of State Medical Boards. She represents the Board to Arizona State University’s Center for Health Information and Research (CHIR): the Board provides workforce data to CHIR with each renewal of licensure.
The AZ Board of Osteopathic Examiners sponsors Ms. LeTarte’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
Randy G. Litman, D.O.
Pikeville, Kentucky
Dr. Litman is a 1988 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He interned under former AOA president, Joseph Stella, D.O., at Allentown Osteopathic Medical Center, Allentown, Pa., and was distinguished for his performance in Women’s Health. Dr. Litman continued his post-doctoral studies at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and was named chief internal medicine resident during his PGY-4 year. He is board certified by two AOA boards, the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians, and the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. He currently serves as Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences at Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, KY.
Prior to entrance into full time academia in 2004, Dr. Litman was engaged in private practice near Philadelphia, Pa., where he served on the part-time faculties of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, LaSalle University School of Nursing and Villanova University School of Nursing. Dr. Litman served as chair of the department of Osteopathic Principles & Practice at Pikeville before advancement to his current administrative position. Currently, Dr. Litman continues to serve the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners as both an item writer for COMLEX and a rater for COMLEX Level 2PE, and has recently been selected to serve the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians with its certification examination.
Dr. Litman is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, The American Academy of Osteopathy, The Cranial Academy, The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, and The Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association. Dr. Litman currently serves on the executive board of KOMA, and was previously active in District 10 of POMA before relocation to Kentucky.
Dr. Litman’s Fellowship position is sponsored by the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association.
Ronald C. Manning, J.D.
Old Westbury, New York
Ronald C. Manning received his Juris Doctor from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 1990. He received a Masters of Science degree in Human Resources Development and Adult Education from Fordham University in 1980. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1972 with a B.A. in Psychology.
He was admitted to the Bar in Connecticut in 1990 and in New York in 1992. In 1996 Mr. Manning was admitted to the Bar for the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Services. Also in 1996, he became an Associate Member of the American College of HealthCare Executives. Mr. Manning served as a member of the Longwood Central School District Board of Education from 1992 – 2007. During his tenure as member of the Board of Education he served as President for the following academic years: 1994 – 1995, 1995 – 1996, 1999 – 2000, 2000 – 2001, 2004 – 2005 and 2005 – 2006. He was a member of the New York State Association of School Board Members and the National Association of School Board Members from 1992 – 2007. From 1994 – 1998, Mr. Manning served as a Gubernatorial Appointee to the Board of Visitors of Kings Park Psychiatric Center and from 1990 – 1994 he was a member of the Institutional Review Board of Psychiatric Research of Central Islip Psychiatric Center. Mr. Manning has received numerous awards and recognitions including: Distinguished Service Award, Longwood Council of PTA’s, New York PTA, Outstanding Contribution to the Welfare of Children and Youth, 2007; Distinguished Service Award, New York State Parent Teachers Association, 2007; School Board of Excellence, SCOPE, 2004; Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community, Presented by Congressman Michael Forbes, 2000; The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Meritorious Award, First Baptist Church of Riverhead, 1999; Health Service Advocate Award, North Amityville Community Economic Council, Inc. (NACEC), 1998; and Gubernatorial Proclamation, State of New York, Executive Chamber, Governor Mario Cuomo, School Board Recognition, 1992.
Mr. Manning has over 30 years of demonstrated experience and training in health care administration, higher education and medical education. He is presently and has been since 2007, the Acting Associate Dean for Planning and Operations and the Director of Clinical Services at NYCOM. Before joining NYCOM, Mr. Manning was the Assistant Director of the Division of Patient Care Services, Suffolk County Department of Health Services. Prior to his work with the County, he held the position of Vice President for Administration at A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, Nassau Health Care Corporation. Mr. Manning held the position of Director of the Health Initiative for Underserved Communities and Director of Recruitment and Retention of Minorities, Women and Children for the NIH-funded General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) during his tenure at Stony Brook University Hospital.
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) sponsors Mr. Manning’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
Ann K. Peton, B.S.
Blacksbury, Virginia
Ms. Peton received her BS in Geography from Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota in 1983 with an emphasis in computerized mapping and data analysis. Other certifications in Project Management, GIS technologies/software and Leadership skills training were obtained during the subsequent twenty-five years of working within the industry. Much of Ms. Peton’s experience and network building in policy and healthcare workforce issues has been gained over the recent eight years of managing academic-based research centers: the Rural Policy Research Institute’s Community Information Resource Center and Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine’s National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data (NCAHD).
Over the last twelve years, Ms. Peton has worked very closely with many national healthcare organizations on healthcare policy research and analysis support, including the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professions and Office of Rural Health Policy. Ms. Peton is on both the national advisory and working committee for the National Center for Rural Health Works; is Chairman the Healthcare Workforce of the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH); serves on the National Rural Health Association Education Committee; serves as Chairman of the Virginia Rural Health Resource Center; and serves on the board for the Virginia Rural Health Association.
As the Director of two centers at EVVCOM, NCAHD and the Center for Rural Health Policy, Education and Research, Ms. Peton and her staff have gathered, processed and mapped all physicians and fourteen different non-physician health providers from each state licensure board where data was available. This has never been accomplished before and we are partnering with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and other entities to make use of this data and subsequent analysis to support more effective national, regional and state healthcare policies/legislation. Prior to coming to EVVCOM, Ms. Peton directed CIRC and worked as a consultant for many public and private health and human services agencies and organizations across the nation.
EVVCOM is sponsoring Ms. Peton’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
Paul D. Seltzer, D.O.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Dr. Seltzer received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1980. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a B.S. in dual majors in Chemistry and Physiology. Following medical school he completed a one-year rotating internship at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital and Bi-County Hospital in 1981. Dr. Seltzer subsequently completed a four year residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the above mentioned hospitals in 1985. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery by the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO).
Dr. Seltzer is currently in private practice since 1985 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. Seltzer has been a staff member on multiple hospital staffs in West Palm Beach and is currently the Chief of Staff of Columbia Hospital. He has received the Physician of the Year Award in 2003 from the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, and the Outstanding Physician Award in 2006 from Columbia Hospital along with Patient Advocate and Gavel awards also from Columbia Hospital.
Dr. Seltzer is a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO), Michigan Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and is a member of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA). He has served in various capacities for the FOMA and President of the FOMA from 2001 to 2002. For the FOMA he continues to serve as the chairmen of the key contact Physicians group which is a grass roots advocacy group inside the state of Florida. Dr. Seltzer has served as a Member of the House of Delegates to the AOA for the past sixteen years representing the state of Florida and has served on various committees. Dr. Seltzer is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Florida Osteopathic Medical Association sponsors Dr. Seltzer’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
Layne E. Subera, D.O., FACOFP
Skiatook, Oklahoma
Dr. Subera received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Oklahoma State University Health Sciences Center College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995. In 1991, he graduated from Oklahoma Sate University in Stillwater, Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology.
He completed his one year traditional rotating internship year in 1996 and his Family Medicine residency at the Oklahoma State University Health Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1998. Dr. Subera is board certified in Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment by the America Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians.
Dr. Subera has been in private practice in rural Skiatook, Oklahoma for the past eleven years. He is currently serving as Chief of Staff Elect for Bailey Medical Center and as a Director for the Bailey Education Foundation in Owasso, Oklahoma.
He is a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and the American Academy of Professional Coders. Currently, he is a Trustee of both the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and the Oklahoma State Society of ACOFP.
The Oklahoma Osteopathic Association sponsors Dr. Subera’s participation in the Health Policy Fellowship.
