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COM Alumni Council
Executive Committee
Colin Irish, DO
President
VA Medical Center, Marquette WI
DMU/COM Class of 1998
Undergrad
Central Michigan Univ, B.S. - History
Specialities:
Acupuncture, Family Pratice
Credentials
Internship - Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI
Residency - Ingham Regional Medical Center, Lansing MI
Memberships
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
Michigan Osteopathic Association
Goal as Alumni Association. Board Member
Service to my fellow alumni.
Hobbies
Sailing, Biking, Skiing
Linda Greenspan, DO, FACOFP
President-Elect
Hampstead, NC.
DMU/COM Class of 1990
Undergrad
Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.S.
Specialty
Family Practice
Goal as an Alumni Association Board Member:
Continue to foster good relations between university and Alumni.
Credentials
Internship - Union Hospital
Residency - Union Hospital (Family Practice)
Memberships
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
North Carolina Osteopathic Association
Fellowships
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
Black River Health Services/Pender Memorial Hospital Blergan, NC
Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA
Secretary Treasurer
Dallas, Texas
DMU/COM class of 1989
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Credentials
Internship - Brooke Army Medical Center
Residency - Joint Military Medical Centers - San Antonio (EM)
Fellowship - American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, American College of Emergency Physicians
Committees - Board of Directors and Secretary/Treasurer, American College of Emergency Physicians
Memberships
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
National Association of EMS Physicians
American Medical Association
Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
National Academies of Practice
Special Interests
Emergency Medical Services
Hobbies
Golf, Hockey
Lester "Rick" Goldblum, DO
Past President
Manhasset, New York
DMU/COM Class of 1979
Specialty
Gastroenterology
Goal as an Alumni Association Board Member
To improve membership and awareness of the Alumni Association.
Credentials:
Internship - Doctors General Hospital, Plantation, Florida
Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York
Residency - Nassau County Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Fellowships - Nassau County Medical Center - Gastroenterology
Memberships
Medical Society State of New York
American Osteopathic Association
Nassau County Medical Society
New York Society of Osteopathic Medicine
Special Interests
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Research interest
Biliary Tract Diseases
Community Activities
Co-Chief, Department of Gastroenterology, New Island Hospital, Bethpage, New York
Hobbies
Sports, Computers
Charles Finch, DO, FACOEP
Past President
Scottsdale, Arizona
DMU/COM Class of 1994
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Goal as an Alumni Association Board Member
Promote active participation locally, regionally and nationally.
Credentials:
Internship - Maricopa Medical Center
Residency - Maricopa Medical Center
Fellowship - American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians Health Policy
Memberships
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association
Arizona American College of Emergency Physicians
Sigma Sigma Phi
American Lung Association
Committees
Arizona Lung Association Advisory Board
Hospice of the Valley Advisory Board
City of Scottsdale EMS Advisory Council
Special Interests
Emergency Medical Services / Pre-Hospital
Research interest
Grief and loss children/adults
Community Activities
Medical Ethics
Camp Director and Founder of Camp Paz - A bereavement camp for children between the ages of 6-18 who have experienced a death in his/her life.
Lung Association Board of Directors
Hospital CME Director
Hobbies
Travel,Outdoor sporting activities, Family
Directors
Gilbert Bucholz, DO
Sandusky, Ohio
DMU/COM Class of 1958
Specialty
Radiology
County Coroner, Ottawa County
Credentials
Internship - Doctors Hospital
Residency - Doctors Hospital
Fellowship - American Osteopathic College of Radiology
Memberships
American Osteopathic College of Radiology
American Osteopathic Association
Ohio State Coroners Association
Special Interests
Radiology, Coroner
Community Activities
Cardiovascular Committee of Ottawa County, Chair of the Des Moines University Board of Trustees
Richard Nandi Chenik, D.O. J.D.
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, CA
cheikr@cshs.org
Public Committees
Board of Directors for Cedar Sinai/Thalians Mental Health Center
Undergrad
U.C. Berkeley
Graduate Degrees
J.D. UC Berkeley, D.O. Des Moines University
Graduation Date
1994
Internship
USC/LAC and Metropolitan Hospital of Des Moines
Residency
USC/LAC and Cedar Sinai
Special Medical Interest of Specialities
Entertainment Industry Psychiatry with a house call only private practice
Hobbies
Wife, Mara and I chair the Annual Cedar Sinai/Thalians Fundraising Ball in Beverly Hills.
Goals as board member
I want the DMU Alumni Association to be known as the power house of osteopathic alumni associations.
Brian Degenhardt, DO
Ouray, Colorado
DMU/COMClass of 1988
Specialty
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
Credentials:
Internship - Grandview Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
Residency - Kirksville Osteopathic Medical Center, Kirksville, Missouri
Dr. Degenhardt has opened a practice in Ouray, Colorado and is the Assistant Vice-President for Osteopathic Research and Associate Professor at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He serves as Program Co-Director for Family Practice/OMM at Northeast Regional Medical Center and Residency Director for the Residency Plus 1 Program and the Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Residency Program at Northeast Regional Medical Center.
Memberships
Certified in osteopathic family medicine and board-certified in osteopathic manipulative medicine.
Earned a certificate of competency from the Cranial Academy in 1998.
American Osteopathic Association
American Academy of Osteopathy
American Pain Society
American College of Osteopathic Family Physiciansbr />
Cranial Academy
International Association for the Study of Pain
Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and Kirksville Sigma XI
He serves on the American Academy of Osteopathy Board of Governors, Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee and the American Academy of Osteopathy Education Committee.
William Franklin, DO, FACEP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DMU/COMS Class of 1994
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Goal as an Alumni Association Board Member
I hope to be able to meet other alumni in the great state of Wisconsin and promote what is the finest osteopathic medical school in the world.
Credentials
Internship - Mt. Clemens General Hospital
Residency - The Emergency Medicine Residency of the Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, PA
Fellowship - American College of Emergency Physicians
Memberships
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
State Medical Society of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Special Interests
Medical response to chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.
Other
Served five years in the US Navy and Navy Reserve
Community Activities
Kenosha County Terrorism Task Force
Hobbies
Bicycling, Scuba diving
Eric Goldsmith, DO
North Fort Meyers, Florida
DMU/COM Class of 1984
Specialty
General Surgery
Credentials
Internship - Des Moines General Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Residency - Metropolitan Hospital, Springfield, Pennsylvania
Memberships
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
Teresa Hubka-Dunkas, DO, FACOOG, FACOG
Past President
Chicago, Illinois
DMU/COMS Class of 1989
Phone: (773) 327-8848
Fax: (773) 404-2317
E-Mail: tahubka@aol.com
Specialty
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Goal as an Alumni Association Board Member
To increase membership to 80%, leadership development, make the association a profitable/self-sustaining organization.
Credentials
Internship - Atlantic City Medical Center
Residency - Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago
Memberships
Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society
American Osteopathic Association
American College of Osteopathic Obstetrics/Gynecology
American College of Obstetrics/Gynecology
Fellowships
American College of Osteopathic Obstetrics/Gynecology
American College of Obstetrics/Gynecology
Special Interests
Nutrition and Fitness
Community Activities
Executive Medical Board, Mercy Hospital, CME Director, Mercy Hospital, Legislative Committee, St. Joseph's Hospital, Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce.
Robert Orenstein, DO
Rochester, Minnesota
DMU/COM Class of 1987
orenstein.robert@mayo.edu
Specialty
Infectious Diseases
Credentials
Internship - Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Residency - Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Penn.
Dr. Orenstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota. He is also Senior Associate Consultant with joint appointments in the Department of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Dr. Orenstein is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with the sub-specialties of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine. He is a diplomate of the National Osteopathic Board of Medical Examiners. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Osteopathic Association, Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association, Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Association, the American Society for Microbiology, HIV Medical Association of IDSA, American Academy of HIV Medicine and many other organizations. He is a past president of the Virginia Infectious Diseases Society (1998-1999).
Student Representatives
Shawn Reinert
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
DMU/COM Class of 2008
Shawn.d.reinert@dmu.edu
Undergrad
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pharmacist RPh
Residency
The Cleveland Clinic
Special Medical Interest of Specialities
Internal Medicine Cardiology
Research Interest
Cardiology
Goal as Board Member
Provide better communication between alumni and students with the University.
Rachel Tate
DMU/COM Class of 2009
Rachel.tate@dmu.edu
