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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Hello Fellows and List Serve Members: A talent all leaders share is the ability to see leadership potential in others. As a leader in the osteopathic profession, please consider nominating an applicant to the eighteenth class of the Health Policy Fellowship. Please pass this e-mail along to an interested candidate, or send me your colleague’s contact information. I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with all of you smart and dedicated people . . . and I’m counting on you to help recruit some more great Fellows! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Access information about the HPF, the schedule for the HPF Class of 2012-2013, and an on-line application at <a href="http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf/">http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf/</a> (due June 1)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><img border=0 width=365 height=298 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD27A8.FC2CDD00" alt="Description: Description: cid:image003.jpg@01CD2789.649B6200"></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Health Policy Fellowship Class of 2011-2012 at Orientation held at NYIT <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Front: Kimberly Hopely, MS (Mesa AZ); Lucas Hollar, Ph.D. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL); Sonia Rivera Martinez, D.O., (Old Westbury, NY) Jorge Luna, D.O., (Davie, FL); John Duhn, D.O. (Grand Rapids, MI); Pat Chute, D.Ed, (Old Westbury, NY)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Back: Eric Gish, D.O. (Denver, CO); Glenn Nordehn, D.O. (Chicago, IL); Leo Skorin, D.O., O.D. (Albert Lea, MN); Ward Stevens, M.S. (Blacksburg, VA); Marty Scott, D.O. (Mercerville, NJ); Scott Cyrus, D.O. (Tulsa, OK)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I have included some general information below and encourage you to pass it along to a potential applicant. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The program is offered by the New York Institute of Technology/New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in collaboration with colleges in the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and the government relations offices of the AOA and AACOM. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>During the year-long series of ten seminars beginning in August, Fellows study the economics of health policy; federal and state health programs; vulnerable populations and culturally competent care; health professions workforce; health information technology; health issues advocacy and the legislative process; rural health; and the impact of health reform on access to affordable, quality care. Many Fellows go on to accept positions of leadership in medical education and in the profession: many have become chairs of university departments. Thirteen COM deans (and two COM presidents) are graduates of the program, as are the current president, immediate past president, and past president of the AOA. Over twenty grads have served as president of their state associations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>While the program does not charge tuition, costs of travel and lodging run about $1000 per seminar (approximately $10,000). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thanks for your recommendations for the future leaders of the osteopathic profession. NC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Nancy Cooper, Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Health Policy Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>307 Grosvenor Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Athens, Ohio 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Office (740) 593-2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cell (740) 707-8425<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Fax (740) 593-1730<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>“You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>