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<DIV>Lindsay Tjiattas-Saleski DO, MBA</DIV>
<DIV>Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine PGY3</DIV>
<DIV>Aria Health<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Bette Coppola <bcoppola@nyit.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu" <hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, August 26, 2010 12:12:43 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Hlthpol] 2010 - 2011 Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Fellows<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear colleagues.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I hope all is well and that you’ve enjoyed the summer season.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>After a highly competitive process, thirteen fellows were selected to join the ninth (9<SUP>th</SUP>!) class of TIPS fellows. Please join me in welcoming this year’s group:</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><U>2010 -2011 Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Fellows</U></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><U>Kahtonna Allen, DO</U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Specialty: Internal Medicine</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Graduated from: Philadelphia COM, Georgia Campus</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><U>Nicholas Avitabile, DO</U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Specialty: Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Graduated from: Philadelphia, COM </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><U>John Casey, DO, MA</U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Specialty: Emergency Medicine</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Graduated from: Ohio University COM</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, PA </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Heritage Valley Health System, Beaver Falls, PA</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Aria Health, Langhorne, PA</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">St. James Hospital, Olympia Fields, IL</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Midwestern University, Olympia Fields, IL</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thank you again for your continued support of the program; as I’ve said before, we couldn’t do it without you. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Nancy Cooper and I hope you’ll be able to drop by Booth 631, as well as join us at a get together at this year’s annual AOA conference in San Francisco. Stay posted for details.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>With warm regards.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Bet</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Bette Coppola, M.Ed.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Coordinator of Health Policy Programs</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>New York College of Osteopathic Medicine</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>New York Institute of Technology</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>P 516.686.3922 </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>E <A href="mailto:bcoppola@nyit.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:bcoppola@nyit.edu"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">bcoppola@nyit.edu</SPAN></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>TIPS web site: <A href="http://iris.nyit.edu/nycom/tips" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">http://iris.nyit.edu/nycom/tips</SPAN></A></P>
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