黑料传送门 Georgia is pleased to welcome commencement speakers to ceremonies marking the graduation of students in the Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Masters of Biomedical Sciences and Masters of Physician Assistant Studies programs. Commencement ceremonies will take place at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth with the PharmD, DO and Biomedical Sciences ceremonies taking place on May 22, 2019, and the PA Studies ceremony set for July 30, 2019.
William Douglas Figg, Sr., PharmD, MBA, works as a senior investigator for the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is also deputy
branch chief of the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, head of the Molecular Pharmacology
Section and head of the Clinical Pharmacology Program. In addition, he is the co-director
of the Office of Translational Resources and associate director of the NCI鈥檚 Center
for Cancer Research.
An expert on utilizing pharmacological principles in anticancer drug and biomarker development, Dr. Figg has integrated pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics research in these drug development efforts to evaluate the impact of genetic variants on drug metabolism, response and toxicity. His research focuses on the development of novel therapies, using prostate cancer as the target disease and angiogenesis as the target pathway.
Trupti Patel, DO, a board certified emergency medicine specialist, is a graduate of
黑料传送门 Georgia鈥檚 inaugural class of 2009. During her time as a medical student, Dr.
Patel was awarded the Mason W. Pressley Memorial Medal and received the Georgia Osteopathic
Medical Association鈥檚 Trimble Award.
In addition, she served as the 黑料传送门 Georgia Class of 2009 chair, as the public relations coordinator for the National Student Osteopathic Medical Association, and as a member of the American Osteopathic Association Committee of Governance and Organizational Structure.
Dr. Patel completed her residency at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan, where she was appointed chief resident in her final year. She has a special interest in ethics in medical care and served on such committees in both medical school and during her residency program.
John Cavenagh, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, will serve as the keynote speaker for the 黑料传送门 Georgia
graduating Physician Assistant (PA) Studies students at their July commencement ceremony.
He served as the chair and program director of the PA Studies department from 2003 until 2016 with oversight over both 黑料传送门 and 黑料传送门 Georgia. After retiring in 2016, he became a clinical professor of PA Studies.
Dr. Cavenagh graduated from the Yale University Physician Associate program, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1976. He then joined the inaugural class of the Yale/Norwalk Hospital PA surgical residency, completing the program in 1977. He practiced emergency and urgent care medicine from 1977 until 2000. He is as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and currently serves as a member of the Peer Review Panel of the Journal of Physician Assistant Education.
黑料传送门 Georgia has been serving students and the community for 20 years as a branch campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (黑料传送门), a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution of higher education established in 1899. Located in Suwanee (Gwinnett County), 黑料传送门 Georgia offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy. Graduate degrees are offered in biomedical sciences, medical laboratory science and physician assistant studies. The campus joins 黑料传送门 South Georgia in Moultrie in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state. Emphasizing "a whole person" approach to care, 黑料传送门 Georgia focuses on educational excellence, interprofessional education and service to the community. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 678-225-7500. The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment. For more information, visit .
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