Most graduates will practice in medically underserved areas
William G. Anderson, D.O. FACOS, past president of the Michigan and Wayne County Osteopathic Associations, past member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) board, and past president of the AOA, will speak at the first Authority Health resident graduation on Saturday, June 20, at the Detroit Athletic Club. Dr. Anderson has also served as a regional dean of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri and is currently the special assistant to the Dean of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
He is a graduate of the Medical School at Des Moines University, completed his internship at Flint Osteopathic Hospital, and his general surgery residency at Art Centre Hospital in Detroit. He eventually became executive vice president and chief medical officer of the Michigan Health Center Corporation, among other medical administrative posts.
Dr. Anderson, frustrated by segregation that limited his ability to practice medicine, became active in the Civil Rights movement, having founded the Albany Movement, which led the Civil Rights movement in Southwest Georgia.
The first African American to be elected president of the American Osteopathic Association, and longtime member of its board of directors, Dr. Anderson said in 2005, “We need to continue the initiative, dedication, commitment and humanism of those before us in osteopathic medicine, and continue the principles of not just treating symptoms, but treating the whole person.”
Dr. Anderson will address the first Authority Health graduates along with the third cohort of new residents and guests. Significantly, four out of the five physicians completing their training will join practices in medically underserved areas. Two of the four will be remaining in the metro area; locally, Amanda Minich, D.O., will provide family medicine care at ACCESS Community Health & Research Center in Dearborn; and Horace Davis, D.O., will be joining the Fidelis managed care plan, practicing geriatric medicine in Detroit.
“This teaching health center program is on the vanguard of graduate medical education,” Dr. Michael Opipari told the GME Consortium Board of Directors on May 30. “This teaching health center has done exactly what it should do,” he said, referencing its community orientation, population health certification, and initial practice placements in medically underserved areas.
Authority Health Teaching Health Center reaches full complement of students
The Authority Health community-based graduate medical education program, beginning July 1, will be training 73 residents and fellows in six primary care specialties in medically underserved areas of Detroit and Southeast Michigan.
The Authority Health program is one of the largest teaching health centers in the nation, second to the Wright Center in Pennsylvania.
Resident receives honorable mention in scientific research competition
Nashwa Khogali, one of our first year Internal Medicine residents, received an honorable mention at the Michigan Osteopathic Associations 2015 Scientific Research Competition. The topic of her research was “Synovial Sarcoma: Vague Symptoms Can Lead to a Poor Prognosis,” which she worked on with Drs. John Barnwell and Emily Hurst.
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