2016
Inaugural Commencement
S C HO OL OF PA S T U DI E S
Ernest A. Hutchinson Memorial Amphitheater
Fullerton, CA
November 11, 2016 | 11:00 a.m.
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PLEASE TAK E A MOMENT TO SILENCE A LL DIGITA L DEVICES. THANK YOU.
PR ELU DE
PROCESSIONA L
Pomp and Circumstance – Sir Edward Elgar
Please remain seated during the academic procession.
W ELCOM E
Kevin L. Alexander, OD, PhD
President of the University
Presiding Official
PR ESENTATION OF THE FLAGS
California State University, Fullerton
Army ROTC Color Guard
PLEDGE OF A LLEGI A NCE
Benjamin Hicks, BS
President, Class of 2016
BOA R D OF TRUSTEES
Jerome Hunter, EdD, Chair
Morris Applebaum, OD, ’68
Cindy Blancq, OD, ’00, MBKU
Alumni Association President
Gaye Breyman, CAE
Walter Buster, EdD
Gene D. Calkins, OD, JD, ’68
Lynn C. Gabriel, OD, ’78
David Gibson
Frances M. Hunter
Duncan C. Johnson, EdD
Richard D. Jones, JD
Akio Kanai, OD, ’72
Robert J. Kemp
Joseph C. Mallinger, OD, MBA, ’72
Daniel L. May, MD
Dawn M. Miller, OD, ’83
Carol J. Najera, JD
Richard S. Price Jr., JD
Glenda B. Secor, OD
Rodney L. Tahran, OD, ’80
M A R SH A LL B. K ETCHU M U N I V ER SIT Y
SCHOOL OF PA STU DIES
Kevin L. Alexander, OD, PhD, President
Judy Ortiz, PhD, PA-C
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Director, School of PA Studies
INTRODUCTIONS A N D CONGR ATU LATIONS
President Kevin L. Alexander
Jerome Hunter, EdD
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
CLASS OF 2016 GR A DUATES A DDR ESS
Benjamin Hicks, BS
President, Class of 2016
Emily McCoy, BS
California State Student Representative
CON FER R ING OF THE HONOR A RY DEGR EE
President Kevin L. Alexander
THE COM M ENCEM ENT A DDR ESS
“You Have a Great Future”
Alfred M. Sadler, Jr., MD, FACP
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PR ESENTATION OF CA N DIDATES FOR THE
M ASTER OF M EDICA L SCIENCE DEGR EE A N D PA CERTIFICATE
Judy Ortiz, PhD, PA-C
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Director, School of PA Studies
M A ST ER OF
Medical Science
CA N DIDATES FOR THE M ASTER OF M EDICA L SCIENCE DEGR EE
A N D PA CERTIFICATE
Elizabeth Kimball Bergman, BS
California
Linda Ly, BS
California
Melissa Bunn, BS
California
Emily Ann McCoy, BS
California
President Kevin L. Alexander
Andrew D. Calderon, BS, BA
California
Ashley Jade Mohr, BS
Wisconsin
HOODING CER EMON Y A N D PR ESENTATION
OF DIPLOM AS A N D PA CERTIFICATES
German Cormons, BS
California
Anthony Ikenna Okafor, BS
Texas
Greg Mennie, MSEd, PA-C
Associate Director
Meghan Marie Dean, BS
California
Aleksandr Palenyy, BS, BA
California
A DM IN ISTR ATION OF THE PA OATH
Jennifer Lauren DeMoss, BS
California
Whitney Roline, BA
Oregon
Dean Judy Ortiz
Class of 2016 graduates are requested to remain standing and take the pledge by reading aloud, with Dr. Ortiz,
“The PA Oath.” PAs in the audience are invited to stand and take this opportunity to reaffirm “The PA Oath”
together with today’s PA degree recipients. The Oath is located on the back cover of today’s program.
Donald Gordon Ewens III, BS
California
Robert Rowe, BS
Utah
Maricela Galaviz, BA
California
Michelle Sakaue, BS
California
R EM A R K S TO GR A DUATES
Nathaniel Robert Greeley, BA, MS
Texas
Danny Segura, BS
California
R ECESSIONA L
Brooks Hammond, BS
Minnesota
Diana Andreea Stan, BS
Arizona
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Wolfgang Mozart
The audience is requested to remain seated until all those in academic attire have left the amphitheater.
Benjamin Tab Hicks, BS
Colorado
Lynda Nguyen Truong, BS
California
R ECEPTION
Lauren Ashley Kelson, BS
Idaho
Jon Toshio Ukishima, BS
California
The Alumni Association of Marshall B. Ketchum University invites the graduates, their families and friends to
attend a reception on the Patricia Hopping Commons immediately following the commencement exercise.
Alyssa Sarah Leland, BA
California
Eugene Yamamoto, BS
California
CON FER R ING OF THE M ASTER OF M EDICA L SCIENCE DEGR EE
A N D THE PA CERTIFICATES
President Kevin L. Alexander
Tran Luong, BS
California
ACA DEMIC
Regalia
The academic gowns that you see today represent a tradition that we inherited from the universities of the
Middle Ages. Those institutions were founded by the church; and the students, being clerics, were obliged to
wear their clerical gowns and caps at all times. Through the ages, these regalia were altered to accommodate
both fashion and fancy.
In the United States, academic gowns are usually black, but the way they are worn and their cut distinguishes
the wearer’s academic degree. The bachelor’s gown is worn closed; the master’s and doctor’s gown may be
worn open or closed. Also, the sleeves of the gowns are shaped differently according to the level of degree:
a bachelor’s gown has long, pointed sleeves; a master’s gown has oblong sleeves that are square in the back
and have an arc cut away in the front; and a doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves. In addition, velvet panels
and chevrons, either in black or the color representing the academic discipline, distinguish doctoral gowns.
The mortarboards or tams for all degree holders are black. The tassels attached to the mortarboards can be
black, the color that the individual academic disciplines choose to represent their field, or in the case of faculty,
gold. The hood is the most outstanding and colorful feature of the regalia. It is lined with the colors of the
institution from which the wearers received their degrees. Its size and shape indicate the wearer’s degree; and its
collar is the color of the academic discipline.
Kelly green is the color used by PA. Optometry wears seafoam green. Pharmacy uses khaki green. The colors
are used for both the tassel and the velvet trim on the hood. The purple and gold satin lining of the hood
represents the traditional colors of Marshall B. Ketchum University.
Along with the degree holder being identified by gown style and hood color, the holder is further identified
by his place in the procession. Those having the highest faculty seniority are always positioned at the end of
the processional.
U N I V ER SIT Y M ACE
Colleges and universities often employ a “mace” to connect the institution’s customs with the best traditions
of higher education dating to the first universities founded during the Middle Ages. A mace symbolizes
authority, learning and scholarship, history, reputation and values. It suggests commemoration, elegance,
honor, pageantry, purpose, quality, solemnity, stability and continuity.
HONOR ED
Guest
M BK U
Faculty
SCHOOL OF PA STU DIES
A LFR ED M. SA DLER, JR ., M D, FACP
Dr. Sadler first became acquainted with PAs in 1968 when he and his identical
twin brother (a lawyer), were working together as a medical legal team as part
of the U.S. Public Health Service. They were asked by the Surgeon General to
explore alternatives to licensure and credentialing of physician assistants. Their
report became the basis for federal and state policy.
Subsequently, they moved to Yale Medical School where they started the PA Program in 1970.
In 1972, with the support of five private foundations they wrote the first book about PAs with
recommendations for the future. Dr. Sadler was the founding president of the Association of PA
Programs in 1972 (now PAEA) and subsequently was a champion for PA and nurse practitioner
training programs at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General from
1976-1979 and has been in the private practice of primary care and urgent care for the past 35
years, on the Central Coast of California. He has worked closely with PAs and precepted students
throughout that time.
He is the coauthor of the recent book, “The Physician Assistant: an Illustrated History,” which
chronicles the development of the profession over the past fifty years. He currently serves as
immediate past president of the Physician Assistant History Society, which is dedicated to
preserving the history of the profession.
He and his wife Edi, a family nurse practitioner, live in Carmel, CA.
FAC U LT Y
Kimberly Clark, MPAS, PA-C
Sandra Fineman, PA-C
Brandon Grove, MD
Martin Holt, PA-C
Julia Karnoski, MMS, PA-C
Rima Khankan, PhD
Susan Marder, MSN, ANP-C
Daniel L. May, MD
Greg Mennie, MSEd, PA-C
Allison Mollet, MMS, PA-C
Judy Ortiz, PhD, PA-C
Don Ragsdale, MPAS, PA-C
Erin Salcido, MPAS, PA-C
A DJ U NCT FAC U LT Y
Sakshi Aggarwal, PA-C
Ameen Alshareef, MD
Amy Andrews, PA-C
Ed Arias, PA
Gary Armeen Jr., PA-C
Patrick Astourian, PA-C
Mark Barrett, MD
John Bell, PA-C
Gilbert Benitez, PA-C
Michael Bestawros, MD
Dennis Bideshi, PhD
David Bina, MD
Natasha Bir, MD
Clark Bishop, MD
Robert Borrowdale, MD
Michael Brand, MD
Jeffrey Brown, PA-C
Jeffrey Bruss, MD
Jeffrey Bulger, PA-C
Gregory Chase, PA-C
Timothy Chong, MD
Patrick Clyne, MD
Robert Cook-Norris, MD
Kelli Cooper, PA-C
Michael Corcoran, RN, FNP-C
Jacquelyn Cortez, DO
Theodoros Daskalakis, MD
Joseph Dieterich, MD
Amy Farmer, MD
Teresa Flores, MD
Julie Froming, PA-C
Alexis Furze, MD
Natalie Garcia-Montoya, MD
Melissa Gilbert, PA-C
Joe Gilboy, PA-C
Eric Glassman, PA-C
Richard Granese, MD
Samantha Picraux Greeley, MS, LGC
Debra Gutierrez, MD
Michael Hall, MD
Joshua Hannan, PA-C
Cathy Hart, MD
Kendra Higgins, PA-C
Melissa Hill, NP
Tricia Hilliard, MD
Paul Hinshaw, DO
Hector Ho, MD
Les Howard, PA
Bryan Hoynak, MD
Leila Iravani, MD
James Ireland, MD
Hyder Jamal, MD
Paul M. Jordan, MD
Bruce Kautz, MD
Ann Kelley, MD
Daniel Kim, MD
Joseph Kim, MD
Helen La, PA-C
Anson Lam, MD
Christopher Lane, MD
Robert Laningham, MD
Craig Lash, MD
Rebekah Latham, DO
Andy Le, MD
Joseph Lee, MD
Suzanne Lee, PA-C
Alex Leung, MD
Gail Levine, MD
Paulynne Liang, MD
Cathrin Lim, MD
Connie Lin, MD
Vivian Lin, MD
Christian Lising, MD
Rochelle Lynam, PA-C
John Mabee, PhD, PA-C
Crispin Mar, PA-C
Thomas March, MD
Donna Marino, DO
Joseph Mayo III, MD
Michael McConnell, MD
M BK U
Faculty
M BK U
SCHOOL OF PA STU DIES
Robert McCoy, MD
Robert McKenna, PA-C
Mark Melnik, MD
Julie Messina, PA-C
Robert Miller, PA
Eric Moll, MD
Marlene Morales, MD
Frank Nastanski, MD
James Nelson, MD
Kelvin Nguyen, MD
Lien Nguyen, PA-C
Van Nguyen, PA-C
Mikhail Palatnik, MD
Madelyn Palmer, MD
Billie Park, DO
Sheil Patel, DO
Leslie Petersen, NP
Rajeev Pethe, MD
Duc Pham, MD
Amy Porter, MD
Richard Rasmussen, MD
Richard Rawson, DO
Constanze Rayhrer, MD
Diki Reyes, FMP
Brooke Reynolds, PA-C
Larry Rick, PA-C
Kevin Robertson, PA-C
Swapna Roy, MD
Ben Rubin, MD
Robert Sachs, PA-C
Giovanna Salerno, PA-C
Julie Sanford, MD
SOUTHER N CA LIFOR NI A COLLEGE OF OPTOM ETRY
Humberto Sauri, MD
Teri Scott, ARNP (NP-C)
Jed Seijismundo, PA-C
Robert Sharp, MD
Laura Sheffer, PA-C
Steven Singer, MD
Ashlyn Smith, PA-C
Moises Soulas, MD
Leslie Spiegel, MD
Martin Stauber, MD
Bruce Suckling, MD
Stacy Summa, PA-C
Kari Taylor-Romero, NP
Nicholas Thanos, MD
James Tognazzini, PA-C
Milie Tolentino, MD
Andy Tran, MD
Michael Trofimenko, PA-C
Alan Valenzuela, PA-C
Polly Vallone, PA-C
Patrick Van Winkle, MD
Mark Varallo, DO
Jesus Vera, MD
Eric Waki, MD
Jyotika Wali, MD
Ben Wang, MD
Melissa Watcher, MD
Leslie Whitney, PA-C
Tiffany Willard, MD
Derrick Wright, PA-C
Yu-Fei Wu, MD
Alidad Zadeh, DO
M A R SH A LL B. K ETCHU M U NI V ER SIT Y
V IC E PR E S I DE N T E M E R I T I
Richard L. Hopping, OD, DOS
Lesley L. Walls, OD, MD, DOS
Morris S. Berman, OD, MS, Provost
Lorraine I. Voorhees, OD, MS, Vice President
SOUTHER N CA LIFOR NI A COLLEGE OF OPTOM ETRY
Morris Applebaum, OD, Professor
Dorothy A. Bergin, OD, MSEd, Professor
Kenneth E. Brookman, OD, PhD, MPH, Professor
Elizabeth E. Caloroso, OD, MOpt, Professor
Freddy W.L. Chang, OD, PhD, Professor
PROF E S SOR
Kevin L. Alexander, OD, PhD
James E. Bailey, OD, PhD
Eric J. Borsting, OD, MS, MSEd
David C. Bright, OD
Susan A. Cotter, OD, MS
Timothy B. Edrington, OD, MS
Steven G. Ferrucci, OD
Pauline F. Ilsen, OD
James O. LaMotte, PhD, OD
Harue J. Marsden, OD, MS
John H. Nishimoto, OD, MBA
Jerry R. Paugh, OD, PhD
William H. Ridder III, OD, PhD
David P. Sendrowski, OD
Barry A. Weissman, OD, PhD
Stanley Woo, OD, MS, MBA
A S SOC I AT E PROF E S SOR
PR E S I DE N T E M E R I T I
FAC U LT Y E M E R I T I
Faculty
Allan N. Freid, OD, Professor
Wayne W. Hoeft, OD, Professor
Siret D. Jaanus, PhD, LHD, Professor
David G. Kirschen, OD, PhD, Professor
Carmen N. Barnhardt, OD, MSEd
Tony Carnevali, OD
Angela M. Chen, OD, MS
Raymond H. Chu, OD, MS
George W. Comer, OD, MBA
Amy L. Grimes, OD
Catherine L. Heyman, OD
Kristine Huang, OD, MPH
Dawn Y. Lam, MS, OD
Timothy I. Messer, OD
Jason S. Ng, OD, PhD
Mark H. Sawamura, OD
Lawrence R. Stark, PhD
Judy W.H. Tong, OD
Patrick D. Yoshinaga, OD, MPH
A S S I STA N T PROF E S SOR
Troy Allred, OD
Janet Armstrong, OD
Raman Bhakhri, OD
Camille Bishop, OD
Annie W. Chang, OD
Elaine Chen, OD
Geoffrey F. Chiara, OD
Theresa Chong-Fernandez, OD
Edward Chu, OD
Melissa Contreras, OD, MPH
Sally H. Dang, OD
Carla B. Engelke, OD
Lane T. Fujimoto, OD
Benedicte Gonzalez, OD, MPH
Silvia Han, OD
Wayne Heidle
Russell L. Jew, OD
Brian S. Kawasaki, OD, MBA
Chang H. Kim, OD
Justin T. Kwan, OD
John H. Lee, OD
Rachelle Lin, OD, MS
Edeline J. Lu, OD
Michelle E. Matson, OD
Daniel L. May, MD
David Meitzner, OD
Amanda E. Mendez Roberts, OD
Jennifer Monarrez, OD
Eunice Myung Lee, OD
Mark E. Nakano, OD
Anh-Tuan Nguyen, OD
Harald E. Olafsson, OD
Caren Oquindo, OD
Reena Patel, OD
Jason R. Powell, OD
Dashaini Retnasothie, OD, MS
Julie A. Schornack, OD, MEd
Huey-Fen Song, OD
Nina Tran, OD
Corina van de Pol, OD, PhD
Paul A. Vejabul, OD
Alyon J. Wasik, OD
Danielle L. Weiler, OD
May M. Wong, OD
Robert M. Yacoub, OD
Brenda S. Yeh, OD
Tina Zheng, OD
A DJ U NCT
Shana Aguilar, OD
Dianne M. Almanza, OD
Cindy W. Blancq, OD
Richard Boucher, DO
Mark Bronstein, MD
Audrey Chen, OD
Anthony Culotta, MD
Gail N. Ellias, OD
Lucrecia Escobar, OD
Perry S. Hom, OD
M BK U
Faculty
SOUTHER N CA LIFOR NI A COLLEGE OF OPTOM ETRY
Rima Khankan, PhD
Belinda Kuo, OD
John E. Larcabal, OD
Andrew Loc-Nguyen, PhD
Franklin Lusby, MD
John Maher, MD
Alissa D. Nagel-Esposito, OD
Eddy Z. Naime, OD
Monique M. Nguyen, OD
Rosalynn H. Nguyen-Strongin, OD
Susan A. Oh, OD
Fredy Perez, OD
Victoria R. Rossi-Campagna, OD
Mark Sherstinsky, OD, MPH
Lieu T. Ton, OD
Marty Torres, PharmD
COLLEGE OF PH A R M ACY
PROF E S SOR
A S S I STA N T PROF E S SOR
Edward Fisher, PhD, RPh
Jack J. Chen, PharmD
Arjun P. Dutta, PhD, BPharm
Ashleigh-Anne Au, PharmD, RPh
Charitha Madiraju, PhD
Genene Salman, PharmD
Eglis Tellez, PharmD, BPharm
Monica Trivedi, PharmD
Eva Y. Wong, PharmD
A S SOC I AT E PROF E S SOR
Ajoy Koomer, PhD, EMBA
Andromeda Nauli, PhD
LaDonna M. Oelschlaeger, PharmD
Jozef Stec, PhD
Rajesh Vadlapatla, PhD
Marsha H. Vinson, OD
Lisa Wahl, OD
Donna C. Weiss, OD
Diana M. Wu, OD, MPA
Xiao Xi Yu, OD
M BK U
S E N IOR A DM I N I ST R AT ION
Kevin L. Alexander, OD, PhD
President
Staff
A LU M N I A S SOC I AT ION
BOA R D OF DI R E CTOR S
Cindy Blancq, OD, FAAO, ’00, President
Julie A. Schornack, OD, MEd
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
Wynette C. Augustine, OD, ’84, Vice President
Carmen N. Barnhardt, OD, MSEd
Vice President for Student Affairs
Charles C. Luu, OD, ’86, Immediate Past President
Gail S. Deutsch, MS, SPHR
Vice President for Human Resources
John S. Rossi, OD, ’84, Secretary/Treasurer
M A R S H A L S OF T H E COL L E G E
Shawn K. McCown, MBA, CPA
Vice President for Administration and Finance & CFO
Daniel L. May, MD
Paul A. Stover, MEd
Vice President for University Advancement
Shawn K. McCown, MBA, CPA
COL L E G E S A N D SC HOOL S
Judy Ortiz, PhD, PA-C
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Director, School of PA Studies
Stanley Woo, OD, MS, MBA
Dean, Southern California College of Optometry
Edward Fisher, PhD, RPh
Dean, College of Pharmacy
Gary W. Gray, MS
Tami A. Sato
FAC U LT Y PA RT IC I PAT I NG I N
HOODI NG C E R E MON I E S
Kimberly Clark, MPAS, PA-C
Sandra Fineman, PA-C
Daniel L. May, MD
Allison Mollet, MMS, PA-C
THE PA
Oath
I PLEDGE TO PER FOR M TH E FOLLOW ING DUTI ES
W ITH HONEST Y A ND DEDICATION:
I will hold as my primary responsibility the health, safety, welfare
and dignity of all human beings.
I will uphold the tenets of patient autonomy, beneficence,
nonmaleficence and justice.
I will recognize and promote the value of diversity.
I will treat equally all persons who seek my care.
I will hold in confidence the information shared in the course
of practicing medicine.
I will assess my personal capabilities and limitations, striving
always to improve my medical practice.
I will actively seek to expand my knowledge and skills,
keeping abreast of advances in medicine.
I will work with other members of the health care team to
provide compassionate and effective care of patients.
I will use my knowledge and experience to contribute
to an improved community.
I will respect my professional relationship with the physician.
I will share and expand knowledge within the profession.
THESE DUTIES A R E PLEDGED W ITH SINCER IT Y
A ND UPON M Y HONOR.