<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Welcome and congratulations! Get ready for an exciting and challenging year!</div><div><br></div><div>Steve<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Bette Coppola <<a href="mailto:bcoppola@nyit.edu">bcoppola@nyit.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I hope all is well and that you’ve enjoyed a lovely summer season.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please join me in welcoming the lucky thirteenth (13<sup>th</sup>!) class of TIPS fellows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wachovia Banks, DO, MPH<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Family Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, PA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">David Chestek, DO <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Emergency Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Midwestern University, Downer’s Grove, IL <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">David Escobar, DO <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Family Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Skagit Valley Hospital & Regional Health, Mount Vernon, WA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Laura Fox, DO <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Internal Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mercy Suburban Hospital, Norristown, PA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nicklaus Hess, DO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Family Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Grandview Medical Center, Dayton, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nathan Holbrook, DO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Emergency Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Adam C. Hunt, DO, MHS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">McLaren Oakland, Pontiac, MI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bradford Landry, DO, MS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Seger Morris, DO, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Internal Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, MS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">David Pierre, DO, MS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Family Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Angela Rivers Saunders, DO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Plaza Medical Center, Ft. Worth, TX <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Internal Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Neha Sehgal, DO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Emergency Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tony L. Weaver, DO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Surgery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Princeton Baptist Health System, Birmingham, AL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your tremendous collegiality and support of the program; it’s worth repeating that we couldn’t do it without you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to seeing you at booth #738 at next month’s OMED 2014, in Seattle.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">With warm regards.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bette<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bette Coppola, M.Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Coordinator of Health Policy Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">New York Institute of Technology <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">College of Osteopathic Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">P 516.686.3922 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">F 516.686.3819 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">E <a href="mailto:bcoppola@nyit.edu"><span style="color:black">bcoppola@nyit.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">TIPS web site: <a href="http://www.nyit.edu/medicine/about/tips"><span style="color:blue">http://www.nyit.edu/medicine/about/tips</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Hlthpol mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu">Hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu</a></span><br><span><a href="http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/hlthpol">http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/hlthpol</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>