Dr. Smith-Barron will work with Dr. Daniel Van Durme, chair of the department of family medicine and rural health, as the Immokalee Health Education Site provides opportunities for required third-year rotations in family medicine and pediatrics, in addition to elective rotations for fourth-year students. She will help in the development of additional rotation opportunities in internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology. Read more about Dr. Smith-Barron in the upcoming issue of FSU MED.

FACULTY RECOGNITION

Some of the top physicians in Florida are part of the College of Medicine’s clerkship faculty, who teach students during the third and fourth years of medical school. Two recently received state-wide honors.

Dr. Arthur Clements, clerkship director for obstetrics and gynecology for the Tallahassee regional campus, has been elected President Elect of the Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society. 

Dr. Bruce Robinson, geriatrics clerkship director for the Sarasota campus, has been appointed to the Governor’s Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative committee and to the American Medical Directors Association Certifying Program Board.

At the main campus, Dr. Alice Pomidor received the American Geriatrics Society 2008 Outstanding Committee Service Award for service on the Public Education Committee at the AGS annual meeting in May. The award is for AGS committee members making an extraordinary contribution to the society through service on AGS Committees.

Dr. Pomidor, associate professor in the department of geriatrics at the College of Medicine, has received the honor for a second consecutive year.

FACULTY AWARDS 

The College of Medicine Faculty Council recently held its annual awards ceremony, recognizing outstanding contributions by faculty and staff at the main campus. Award recipients included:

Guardian of the Mission
Daniel Van Durme, M.D., professor and chair, department of family medicine and rural health.

Outstanding Faculty Service Award
Alma Littles, M.D., senior associate dean for academic affairs.

Outstanding Junior Faculty Investigator
Askar Chukmaitov, M.D., assistant professor, Health Affairs.

Outstanding Senior Faculty Investigator
Robert Glueckauf, Ph.D., professor, department of medical humanities and social sciences.

Outstanding Junior Faculty Educator
Stephen Quintero, M.D., assistant professor, department of family medicine and rural health.

Outstanding Senior Faculty Educator
Jacqueline Lloyd, M.D., professor and education director, department of geriatrics and geriatrics clerkship director for the Tallahassee regional campus.

Group Staff Service Award
Information Technology

Individual Staff Service Award
Dianne Walker, standardized patient coordinator/educator.