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Congratulations to you both Nancy and Dr Chaudhry! <div><br></div><div>Scott Welle, DO & Jennifer Howell-Welle, DO</div><div>TIPS Class 2008<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:13:50 +0000<br>From: drdenise@optonline.net<br>To: cooper@oucom.ohiou.edu<br>CC: hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu<br>Subject: Re: [Hlthpol] Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O., New President and CEO of Federation of State Medical Boards<br><br><div>Im am so proud of both of you! Congratulations...<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Cooper, Nancy" <br>Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:05 pm<br>Subject: [Hlthpol] Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O., New President and CEO of Federation of State Medical Boards<br>To: "hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu" <br><br>> Hello Fellows and List Serve Members: Congratulations to Hank <br>> Chaudhry, D.O., M.S., Health Policy Fellowship and Training in <br>> Policy Studies (TIPS) Faculty, upon his appointment as President <br>> and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> For Immediate Release: September 24, 2009<br>> <br>> Contact: Drew Carlson, (817) 868-4043;<br>> dcarlson@fsmb.org; <br>> www.fsmb.org<br>> <br>> Federation of State Medical Boards Names<br>> Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O., President and CEO<br>> <br>> Leading New York health administrator and medical educator <br>> tapped to<br>> lead organization representing nation's state medical boards<br>> <br>> <br>> DALLAS - The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced <br>> today that Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O., M.S., FACP, FACOI, has <br>> been named the organization's new President and Chief Executive <br>> Officer. The FSMB is a national not-for-profit organization <br>> representing the 70 state medical boards of the United States. <br>> Dr. Chaudhry will assume leadership of the FSMB in October.<br>> <br>> "We are very fortunate to have someone of Dr. Chaudhry's <br>> exceptional talents, experience and passion for public <br>> protection to lead our organization," said Martin Crane, M.D., <br>> Chair of the FSMB Board of Directors. "He brings an outstanding <br>> combination of leadership, health policy and administrative <br>> skills to the FSMB as we move forward in supporting state <br>> medical boards in fulfilling their mission of public protection."<br>> <br>> Dr. Chaudhry, 43, currently is Commissioner and Chief Executive <br>> Officer of the Suffolk County, N.Y., Department of Health <br>> Services, the ninth largest health department in the United <br>> States, serving more than 1.5 million residents in an area <br>> encompassing 912 square miles. He also is a Clinical Associate <br>> Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University <br>> School of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor <br>> of Medicine at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of <br>> New York Institute of Technology.<br>> <br>> Health Commissioner<br>> As Suffolk County's Health Commissioner since 2007, Dr. Chaudhry <br>> directs a broad array of services providing high-quality, <br>> accessible health care to the county's residents. Overseeing <br>> 1,500 employees and a budget of $400 million, Dr. Chaudhry <br>> directs the county's patient care services, environmental <br>> quality, preventive medicine, public health, children with <br>> special needs programs, emergency medical services, community <br>> mental hygiene, the medical examiners office, an office of <br>> minority health, and a 264-bed skilled nursing facility. The <br>> Division of Patient Care Services includes 10 community health <br>> centers, with seven of the health centers managed in partnership <br>> with area hospitals, including Stony Brook University Medical <br>> Center, the county's only Level 1 Trauma Center.<br>> <br>> During his tenure as Commissioner, Dr. Chaudhry created a new <br>> Division of Preventive Medicine to raise public awareness of <br>> preventable diseases and promote healthier lifestyles. When the <br>> Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 flu pandemic broke out in Suffolk <br>> County in April 2009, Dr. Chaudhry was praised for taking a <br>> proactive public health approach to the new virus, closing <br>> schools as needed and providing hundreds of local, state and <br>> federal health officials with daily public health guidance via <br>> advanced communication technologies such as Blackberry and <br>> Twitter. New York's Newsday commended Dr. Chaudhry for "intently <br>> but calmly... (steering) the public on a better middle course <br>> between apathy and alarm."<br>> <br>> Medical Educator<br>> Dr. Chaudhry currently is a Clinical Associate Professor of <br>> Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine <br>> and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the <br>> New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute <br>> of Technology (NYIT). From 2001 to 2007, he served as the full-<br>> time Chairman of the Department of Medicine at NYIT, where he <br>> also served from 2003-2005 as Assistant Dean for Pre-Clinical <br>> Education, supervising all undergraduate medical education <br>> delivered to first and second year medical students, and from <br>> 2005-2007 as the Assistant Dean for Health Policy. Additionally, <br>> Dr. Chaudhry served as Director of Medical Education at Long <br>> Beach Medical Center, a 202-bed community teaching hospital in <br>> Long Beach, N.Y., from 1996 to 2001 after his medical residency.<br>> <br>> >From 1999 to 2007, Dr. Chaudhry served in the U.S. Air Force <br>> Reserves as a physician and medical educator, rising to the rank <br>> of Major and serving as a Flight Surgeon with the 732nd Airlift <br>> Squadron and as the Medical Operations Flight Commander for the <br>> 514th Aeromedical Staging Squadron of the 514th Air Mobility Wing.<br>> <br>> Dr. Chaudhry is the principal author of Fundamentals of Clinical <br>> Medicine (4th edition, published in 2004), a textbook designed <br>> primarily for medical students. He has led, or participated in, <br>> clinical research in several areas of public health, preventive <br>> medicine, medical education, and infectious diseases, including <br>> studies on ways to improve vaccine utilization in acute care <br>> settings, the development of a multimedia online orientation for <br>> the fourth-year medicine clerkship, a comprehensive review of <br>> drug-induced aseptic meningitis, a review of streptococcal <br>> paratracheal abscesses, and a consensus statement on abdominal <br>> girth and cardiometabolic risk.<br>> <br>> Health Policy Leader<br>> Dr. Chaudhry has been active in helping craft effective health <br>> policy on the state and national level for many years. He has <br>> served as the principal author of resolutions adopted by the <br>> American Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State <br>> of New York, the New York State Chapter of the American Society <br>> of Internal Medicine and the New York Chapter of the American <br>> College of Physicians. Policy issues addressed by Dr. Chaudhry <br>> include the promotion of warning labels on herbal supplements, <br>> support for state funding of cancer prevalence mapping in New <br>> York, physician education about prevailing screening guidelines, <br>> medical resident duty hours and supervision, managed care <br>> principles and practices, physician workforce predictions, and <br>> the training of physicians in women's health.<br>> <br>> As Chair of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the New <br>> York Chapter of the American College of Physicians, a state <br>> chapter with 12,000 members, he served in 2006 as the lead <br>> author of a white paper on the future of primary care medicine <br>> in New York state. Citing a need to promote careers in primary <br>> care medicine, the report found that in 45 of the 62 counties in <br>> New York, primary care physicians represented less than 50 <br>> percent of the physician population and, in a ratio similar to <br>> that found in developing countries, seven counties had more than <br>> 2,000 patients per single primary care provider.<br>> <br>> Dr. Chaudhry is the 2008-2009 President of the American College <br>> of Osteopathic Internists and served as the 2007-2009 President <br>> of the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical <br>> Educators. He is the recipient of a Laureate Award from the <br>> American College of Physicians and has been inducted into the <br>> American Osteopathic Association's Mentor Hall of Fame.<br>> <br>> Education and Board Certification<br>> Dr. Chaudhry received a Bachelor's degree in Biology and a <br>> Master's degree in Anatomy from New York University, and a <br>> Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York College <br>> of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology in <br>> 1991. He completed an osteopathic rotating internship at St. <br>> Barnabas Hospital in New York City and a three-year residency in <br>> Internal Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, <br>> N.Y., where he served an additional year as Chief Medical <br>> Resident. In 2001, Dr. Chaudhry received a master's degree in <br>> Health Care Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. <br>> He is a diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Osteopathic <br>> Board of Internal Medicine, a diplomate of the National Board of <br>> Osteopathic Medical Examiners, and he was a diplomate in <br>> Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine from 1996-2006.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Nancy Cooper, Coordinator<br>> Health Policy Fellowship<br>> 307 Grosvenor Hall<br>> Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine<br>> Athens, OH 45701<br>> 740 593-2017 phone<br>> 740 593-1730 fax<br>> coopern@ohio.edu<br>> <br>> <br>> </div></div> <br /><hr />Lauren found her dream laptop. <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290' target='_new'>Find the PC that’s right for you.</a></body>
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