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          UNIVERSITY
       OF NEW ENGLAND

CO LLEG E O F O STE OPATHIC ME DICINE
      G RA DUATI ON CE RE MONY
COL L E G E OF OSTE OPATH I C M E DI CI N E
              CL A SS OF 2022
       G R A D UATI ON CE R E M ON Y

               May 21, 2022
                  3 p.m.

    Merrill Auditorium | Portland, Maine
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND                                                                                   THE POMP BEHIND THE CIRCUMSTANCE
The University of New England is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in           Academic Regalia
Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In
an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to
                                                                                                                      THE GOWN
make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and
home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care          The history of the academic gown goes back to the 12th century. During this period, everyone — both men
programs, and nationally recognized degree paths in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences,             and women, royalty, lay folk, clerics, tradesmen, students — wore long flowing robes. The apparel varied in
business, the humanities, and the arts. Visit une.edu                                                                 elegance according to the rank and wealth of the owner, from simple rough worsteds to rich gold brocades
                                                                                                                      wrought with tassels and trimmed with colorful velvet and rich furs. It was in this period that the first
                                                                                                                      organized bodies of learning were formed. From the gowns worn in the “universities” of the period have
                                                                                                                      evolved the academic costumes of today.

                                                                                                                      The bachelor’s gown is a simple design falling straight from a rather elaborate yoke with long pointed sleeves.
COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE                                                                                       The gown worn by a master has long, closed, somewhat fuller sleeves, which reach nearly to the wearer’s
                                                                                                                      knees. The arms go through slits at the elbow, giving the appearance of short sleeves. The doctoral gown is cut
The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine was founded in 1978 on a beautiful coastal              much fuller and has large bell-shaped sleeves. The gowns are usually, but not always, black, and those of
campus in southern Maine. It is the only osteopathic medical school in New England. The college currently             bachelors and masters are generally devoid of ornamentation. The doctoral gowns are distinguished by the
enrolls approximately 700 medical students, about half of whom come from the six-state New England region             five-inch velvet panel around the neck and down both sides of the front as well as by three-inch velvet bars
and the rest from other U.S. states and a number of foreign countries. To date, the college has graduated more        sewn on each sleeve. The color of the velvet trim may be black or may indicate the nature of the degree. For
than 3,500 osteopathic physicians.                                                                                    example, the color designating a Doctor of Medicine is green.

The College of Osteopathic Medicine emphasizes the education of primary care physicians. More than 60 % of
its graduates go on to practice in the primary care specialties. The college has a 2+2 curriculum: two years of       THE HOOD
didactic training, followed by two years of clinical clerkships. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is committed     The hood seems to have had a somewhat practical origin. Medieval monks used their hood for two purposes: to
to meeting the challenge of training physicians for the 21st century.                                                 protect their shaved heads in the winter and as a container in which to collect alms.
The medical school is housed in the 80,000-square-foot Harold Alfond Center for Health Sciences, a modern             Today the hood serves as the most symbolic part of the academic regalia by which the observer can ascertain the
science education facility and a major medical and health sciences resource for the region. The Pickus Center for     wearer’s level and kind of degree. The bachelor’s hood is the smallest, being three feet long. The velvet trim along
Biomedical Research, with its Cécile Morgane Research Laboratories, offers students and faculty exceptional           the edges, indicating the nature of the degree, is two inches wide. The master’s hood is six inches longer and
facilities for conducting research. Leonard Hall is an educational facility offering the latest in state-of-the-art   bears a three-inch velvet trim.
educational technology that allows for case-based learning and other innovative educational learning experiences.
                                                                                                                      The doctoral hood presented today is a full four feet long and exhibits a five-inch, green velvet trim indicating
The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the American                           the medical degree.
Osteopathic Association.
                                                                                                                      The colorful interior of the hood, visible from behind, indicates by hue the degree-granting institution.
                                                                                                                      The University of New England’s colors are blue and grey.
ORDER OF CEREMONIES

                                                                                                                  MUSICAL SELECTIONS
                                                                                                                  Portland Brass
                                    PIO N EER O F OS T E OPAT H IC M E DIC IN E M E DA L R E C IP IE N T

                                    PATRICIA A. KELLEY, M.S.                                                      PROCESSIONAL

                                                                                                                  Portland Brass
                                    Former Associate Dean of Recruitment, Student and
                                    Alumni Services, College of Osteopathic Medicine
                                                                                                                  MACE BEARER
Patricia A. Kelley, M.S. has been associated with the University of New England and the College of Osteopathic    Hwyda A. Arafat, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. M.Ed.L., Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty
Medicine (COM) for over forty years. Arriving on campus in the early years of COM, she served as coordinator
of medical financial aid, assistant dean of students, and eventually associate dean of Recruitment, Student and   WELCOME
Alumni Services for the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
                                                                                                                  Karen T. Pardue, Ph.D., RN, CNE, FNAP, ANEF, Provost, University of New England

Kelley has been involved with the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) via the
Diversity Committee, the Council of Osteopathic Medicine Admissions Officers, and the Section of Student          OPENING REMARKS
Services Officers, where she served as chair. She acted as an institutional representative for the Medical        Jane E. Carreiro, D.O. ’88, Vice President for Health Affairs; Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Professions Health Program (MPHP) of the Maine Medical Association and governor-appointed institutional
representative for the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), Medical Education Committee. Kelley has also been       PIONEER OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
a member of the Maine Chapter of the American Council of Education (ACE), National Network of Women               Patricia A. Kelley, M.S., former Associate Dean of Recruitment, Student and Alumni Services,
Leaders (NNWL), where she served as state coordinator. She is a past vice-president and president of the Board    College of Osteopathic Medicine
for the Center for Grieving Children and was previously involved with Downeast Guiding Eyes, a local chapter of
International Guiding Eyes.
                                                                                                                  STUDENT ADDRESS
In 2012, the Maine Osteopathic Association (MOA) recognized her with their MOA Board Award. This award            Morgan Christine Reynolds, OMS IV, President, Class of 2022
honors an osteopathic physician and/or friend of the osteopathic profession who has made a recent outstanding
and significant contribution to the osteopathic profession in Maine. In 2017, UNE COM Alumni recognized her       HOODING OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
by the establishment of the Patricia A. Kelley Endowed Scholarship.
                                                                                                                  Jane E. Carreiro, D.O. ’88, Vice President for Health Affairs; Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine

                                                                                                                  OSTEOPATHIC OATH
                                                                                                                  Jodie Hermann, D.O., ’06, President, UNE COM Alumni Association

                                                                                                                  RECESSIONAL
                                                                                                                  Portland Brass
PREVIOUS PIONEER OF OSTEOPATHIC                                                         DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
MEDICINE MEDAL RECIPIENTS
                                                                                        Elyse Ann Addonizio                    Lucy Dee Algeo◊                     Brett A. Armstrong+*◊
1992   Harrison Aldrich, D.O.           2009   John D. Downing                          Winchester, MA                         Raymond, ME                         Manville, RI
       William Bergen, D.O.                    Ira M. Stockwell, D.O.                   Internal Medicine; University of       Doctors for Maine’s Future          Emergency Medicine; Creighton/
       Robert R. Brown, D.O.                                                            Massachusetts, Chan Medical            Scholarship* 2018-2022              Valleywise Health Medical Center,
                                        2010   Brian Brock, D.O.
                                                                                        School, Worcester, MA                  William F. Bergen, D.O., Endowed    Phoenix, AZ
1993   Charles DiPerri, D.O.                   Stephen C. Shannon, D.O. ’86, M.P.H.
                                                                                                                               Scholarship 2020-2022
1994   Hadley Hoyt, D.O.                2011   Edward M. Friedman, D.O.                 Raksha Adhikari◊                       Family Medicine; Maine- Dartmouth   Daniel Auger+
                                                                                        Kathmandu, Nepal                       Family Medicine, Augusta, ME        Nashua, NH
1995   Arthur J. VanDerburgh, D.O.      2012   Sandra Featherman, Ph.D.                 Internal Medicine; Morristown                                              Orthopedic Surgery; OhioHealth

1996   Andrew M. Longley Sr., D.O.      2013   John B. Crosby, J.D.                     Medical Center, Morristown, NJ         Melissa Francisca Allahua           Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH

                                               David R. Manyan, Ph.D.                                                          Somerset, MA
1997   Wilber V. Cole, D.O.                                                             Amaar Syed Ahmad                       Pediatrics; University of           David Frederic Bach*^◊
                                        2014   James M. Norton, Ph.D.                   Moorestown, NJ                         Massachusetts, Chan Medical         Florence, MA
1998   Sarah Simpson, D.O.
                                               Bruce P. Bates, D.O.                     Internal Medicine; St. Michaels        School, Worcester, MA               Internal Medicine; ChristianaCare,
       Edyth Craig, D.O.
                                                                                        Medical Center, Newark, NJ                                                 Newark, DE
                                        2015   Boyd R. Buser, D.O.
1999   Martyn E. Richardson, D.O.                                                                                              Dannielle Lynn Allen*
                                               Erik N. Steele, D.O. ’87, FAAFP
                                                                                        Humza Ahmed                            Harpswell, ME                       Harrison Pierre Bai
2000   M. Carman Pettapiece, D.O.
                                        2016   John V. Chang, D.O. ’84, M.Sc., FACEP,   Windsor, CT                            Emergency Medicine;                 Chestnut Hill, MA
2001   Jack S. Ketchum, MBA                    FAAUCM                                   Internal Medicine; HCA Healthcare/     ChristianaCare, Newark, DE          Founders Endowed Scholarship
       William E. Wyatt, D.O.                                                           University of Southern Florida,                                            2021-2022
                                        2017   Frederic N. Schwartz, D.O., FACOFP
                                                                                        Blake, FL                              Lauren Arlene Altomare              Internal Medicine; Roger Williams
2002   Lawrence E. Bouchard, D.O.
                                        2018   Harold Alfond                                                                   Sarasota, FL                        Medical Center, Providence, RI
       John G. Goulding, D.O.
                                                                                        Noha Tasnia Ahmed*◊                    Emergency Medicine; Lehigh Valley
                                        2019   Kathryne A. Leonard, D.O.
2003   J. Jerry Rodos, D.O.                                                             Lexington, MA                          Health Network, Allentown, PA       Hannah Gale Beachwood
                                               Robert T. Leonard Jr., D.O., FAACS,
                                                                                        Obstetrics and Gynecology;                                                 Beaverton, OR
2004   Steven I. Weisberger, D.O. ’83          FISHRS
                                                                                        Medstar, Washington, DC                Kristofer Glynn Andrén+‡            Emergency Medicine; New York
2005   William A. Seeglitz Sr., D.O.    2020   Charles D. Radis, D.O.                                                          Duxbury, MA                         Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
                                                                                        Morgan L. Albert                       Otolaryngology; San Antonio         Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
2006   William J. Kirmes, D.O.          2021   Karen J. Nichols, D.O.
                                                                                        Massena, NY                            Military Medical Center, San
2007   Gene Yonuschot, Ph.D.                                                            Pediatrics; University of Rochester,   Antonio, TX                         Annie M. Beauregard
                                                                                        Galisano Children’s Hospital,                                              Farmington, NH
2008   J. Chase Rand, D.O.
                                                                                        Rochester, NY                                                              Doctors for Maine’s Future
                                                                                                                                                                   Scholarship* 2018-2022
                                                                                                                                                                   Internal Medicine; Portsmouth
                                                                                                                                                                   Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, NH
Rachael L. Bednarz-Medeiros+           Courtney Leigh Brann◊             Cerise Justine Carey^               Cindy Chu                                Ishbel Margaret Curry               Kristin Marie DeMayo
Acushnet, MA                           Windsor, ME                       Queens, NY                          Monterey, CA                             Somerset, MA                        Wilmington, DE
Internal Medicine; Kent Hospital/      Doctors for Maine’s Future        Neurology; Stony Brook University   Pediatrics; University of Southern       Michael McNamara, D.O. ’88          Pediatrics; University of South
Brown University, Warwick, RI          Scholarship* 2018-2022            Hospital, Stony Brook, NY           California, Children’s Hospital of LA,   Scholarship 2019-2020               Florida Morsani College of Medicine,
                                       Family Medicine; Northern Light                                       Los Angeles, CA                                                              Tampa, FL
                                                                                                                                                                        +
Vadim S. Belinschi                     Eastern Maine Medical Center,     Victoria Ashley Caruso                                                       Allyson M. Daly
Bronx, NY                              Bangor, ME                        Hampton Falls, NH                   Matthew L. Cloutier                      Bolton, MA                          Evan C. Devanny+
Internal Medicine; St. Michael’s                                         Internal Medicine; University of    Orono, ME                                General Surgery; Geisinger Health   Concord, NH
Medical Center, Newark, NJ             Hillary Pham Bui+                 Massachusetts- Baystate Medical     Doctors for Maine’s Future               System, Wilkes Barre, PA            Diagnostic Radiology; Maine
                                       Portsmouth, NH                    Center, Springfield, MA             Scholarship* 2018-2022                                                       Medical Center, Portland, ME
Tirinder Bharaj◊                                                                                             Anesthesiology; SUNY Upstate             Joseph Daniel
Chandler, AZ                           Kara Marie Button+*               Ivy Chippendale Cass*◊              Medical University, Syracuse, NY         East Longmeadow, MA                 Matthew Christopher DiMaria
Internal Medicine; University of New   East Syracuse, NY                 Encinitas, CA                                                                Internal Medicine; University of    Monroe, CT
Mexico School of Medicine,             Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and   Family Medicine; Maine Dartmouth    Ethan G. Collins                         Massachusetts Chan Medical          Internal Medicine; Brown University/
Albuquerque, NM                        Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship     Family Medicine, Augusta, ME        Avon, NY                                 School, Worcester, MA               Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
                                       2020-2021                                                             Emergency/Internal Medicine;
Catherine Victoria Bianco              General Surgery; Maine Medical    Catherine Grace Cattley+*◊          Jefferson Northeast, Philadelphia, PA    Karin Darakananda*                  Shannon L. Donovan+*
Yonkers, NY                            Center, Portland, ME              Cambridge, MA                                                                San Francisco, CA                   Cumberland, ME
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics;                                            Pediatrics; University of           Amy L. Courtney^◊                        Family Medicine; University of      Internal Medicine; Maine Medical
University at Buffalo School of        Beatrice Sue Byrne     ◊
                                                                         Massachusetts Chan Medical          Woodstock, NY                            Massachusetts, Chan Medical         Center, Portland, ME
Medicine, Buffalo, NY                  Bedford, VA                       School, Worcester, MA               Internal Medicine; Brown University/     School, Fitchburg, MA
                                       Doctors for Maine’s Future                                            Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI                                        Michael Anthony Doyle
Max R. Blazon                          Scholarship* 2018-2022            Kerbi Rae Cavanor     ◊
                                                                                                                                                      Kaitlyn Marie De Stefano            Bourne, MA
Concord, NH                            Family Medicine; Virginia Tech    Savage, MN                          Ashley A. Cronkright◊                    Farmingdale, NY                     Emergency Medicine; Albany
Neurology; Dartmouth-Hitchcock         Carilion School of Medicine,      Pediatrics; Phoenix Children’s      Summerville, SC                          Emergency Medicine; Maimonides      Medical Center, Albany, NY
Medical Center, Lebanon, NH            Roanoke, VA                       Hospital, Phoenix, AZ               Prelimary Internal Medicine; West        Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
                                                                                                             Virginia University/Charleston Area                                          Dori Drakhshandeh
Idan Boussani                          Sean B. Byrne*                    Emily D. Certo                      Medical Center, Charleston, WV           James T. DeCourcey+                 Buffalo, NY
Staten Island, NY                      Goffstown, NH                     Grand Island, NY                                                             Canandaigua, NY                     Internal medicine; Northside
Preliminary Surgery; SUNY              Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and   Pediatrics; University Hospitals    Cassidy Tate Cunningham◊                 Emergency Medicine; SUNY Upstate    Hospital, Lawrenceville, GA
Downstate Medical University,          Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship     Cleveland Medical Center,           Agawam, MA                               Medical University Hospital,
Brooklyn, NY                           2020-2021                         Cleveland, OH                       Emergency Medicine; Emory                Syracuse, NY                        Daniel A. Drimer-Batca
                                       Emergency Medicine; St. Luke’s                                        University School of Medicine,                                               Bat-Yam, Israel
                                       Hospital, Bethlehem, PA                                               Atlanta, GA                                                                  Psychiatry; University of
                                                                                                                                                                                          Massachusetts- Baystate
                                                                                                                                                                                          Medical Center, Springfield, MA
Hannah Britton Durant+◊                 Dailen M. Folkedahl◊                   Abraham J. Halstein+                      Devin Hoover                           Mark Anthony Kassab+               Bethany Michelle Laquidara
Hopkinton, NH                           Decorah, IA                            Woodstock, NY                             Santa Cruz, CA                         Oakton, Virginia                   Upton, MA
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics; Maine     Family Medicine; Genesis Medical       Emergency Medicine; Albany                Internal Medicine; Legacy Good         Obstetrics and Gynecology; Inova   Internal Medicine; Summa Health,
Medical Center, Portland, ME            Center, Davenport, IA                  Medical Center, Albany, NY                Samaritan Medical Center,              Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls      Akron, OH
                                                                                                                         Portland, OR                           Church, VA
Ryan Dwosh                              Jeremy Garneau                         Bryar Robert Hansen+*                                                                                               Jacob F. Laser
Moorestown, NJ                          Haverhill, MA                          West Salem, WI                            Cathleen Huang                         Ananna N. Kazi                     Orange, CT
Anesthesiology; University              Internal Medicine; Portsmouth          General Surgery; St. Elizabeth’s          Winchester, MA                         Bronx, NY                          Neurology; Geisinger Medical
of Vermont Medical Center,              Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, NH      Medical Center, Boston, MA                Preliminary Surgery; St. Elizabeth     Internal Medicine; Montefiore      Center, Danville, PA
Burlington, VT                                                                                                           Medical Center, Boston, MA             Medical Center, Bronx, NY
                                        Yasmin Ghandehari       ^◊             Carl Richard Hanson      +                                                                                          Janet E. Lavrich+
Elisabeth W. Ekman                      Toronto, Ontario, Canada               Hampden, ME                               Sheila W. Ip                           Sarosh Khan                        Mooresville, NC
Rockport, MA                            Internal Medicine; University at       Earl R. Freeman, Jr., D.O., Scholarship   Wellesley, MA                          Farmington, CT                     General Surgery; Sky Ridge Medical
Pediatrics; University of Connecticut   Buffalo School Of Medicine,            Fund 2019-2020                            Pediatrics; Dartmouth-Hitchcock        Psychiatry; Boston University/     Center, Lone Tree, CO
School of Medicine, Hartford, CT        Buffalo, NY                            General Surgery; Berkshire Medical        Medical Center, Lebanon, NH            Boston Medical Center, Boston MA
                                                                               Center, Pittsfield, MA                                                                                              Monika Lewkowicz
Fides Angeli Elamparo*    ◊
                                        Erisa Gjinaj                                                                     Sujaay Hari Jagannathan◊               Matthew John Kilroe‡               Enfield, CT
Columbia, SC                            Westchester, NY                        Abigail Margaret Hatch*                   Brampton, Ontario, Canada              Franklin, MA                       Internal Medicine; University of
Deane Kenny Stryker Endowed             Family Medicine; Eastern Connecticut   Wilbraham, MA                             Neurology; Sparrow Hospital,           Emergency Medicine; Darnall Army   Connecticut School of Medicine,
Scholarship 2020-2021                   Health Network, Manchester, CT         Obstetrics and Gynecology;                Lansing, MI                            Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX      Farmington, CT
Patricia A. Kelley Endowed                                                     University at Buffalo School of
Scholarship 2021-2022                   Matthew David Gott+*                   Medicine, Buffalo, NY                     Mark Jens*                             Jennifer L. Kirsch                 Jenny Liang

Family Medicine; Montefiore             Milford, NH                                                                      Groton, CT                             Penfield, NY                       Brooklyn, NY

Medical Center, Bronx, NY               Internal Medicine; University of       Sara Heard                                Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and Dr.    Neurology; Maine Medical Center,   Internal Medicine; Jefferson Health
                                        Connecticut School of Medicine,        Brookline, NH                             Lawrence Newth Fellowship              Portland, ME                       Northeast, Philadelphia, PA
Grace C. Ewing   ◊
                                        Farmington, CT                         Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;     2020-2021
Woodbridge, CT                                                                 University of Colorado, Denver, CO        Family Medicine; University of         Laura O. Knapik*                   Sean Steven Lombard+

Preliminary Internal Medicine;          Evangeline Clara Green+◊                                                         Vermont Champlain Valley               Northbridge, MA                    Dover, NH

University of Connecticut School        San Jose, CA                           Doug Herrett‡                             Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY   Obstetrics and Gynecology; Maine   Family Medicine; Maine-Dartmouth

of Medicine, Farmington, CT             Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and        Defiance, OH                                                                     Medical Center, Portland, ME       Family Medicine, Augusta, ME
                                        Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship          Pediatrics; Madigan Army Medical          William Andrew Karalis
Cassandra Marie Farrell                 2020-2021                              Center, Tacoma, WA                        Rehoboth, MA                           Hillary Sage Landsman              Vincent Joseph Martello*

Kirkwood, NY                            Internal Medicine; University                                                    Emergency Medicine; University of      Woodbury, NY                       Middle Village, NY

Family Medicine; St. Joseph’s           of Nebraska Medical Center,                                                      Connecticut School of Medicine,        Psychiatry; Mount Sinai            General Surgery; Nuvance

Hospital/SUNY Health Science            Omaha, NE                                                                        Farmington, CT                         Morningside-West, New York, NY     Health-Vassar Brothers Medical

Center, Syracuse, NY                                                                                                                                                                               Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Matthew M. Mashayekhi*                 Matthew Mark Mizzoni                   Thomas W. Noll                         Roshan Dipak Patel                     Samantha T. Pendleton*^               Karissa M. Rajagopal*◊
Ellington, CT                          Littleton, MA                          Enfield, CT                            Waltham, MA                            Indianapolis, IN                      Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and        Pediatrics; Central Michigan           Pediatrics; Albany Medical Center,     Child and Adolescent Psychiatry;       Combined Internal Medicine-           Louis Leite, D.O., and Kelly Leite, D.O.,
Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship          University School of Medicine,         Albany, NY                             Stony Brook Teaching Hospital,         Pediatrics; Baystate Medical          Scholarship 2019-2020
2020-2021                              Saginaw, MI                                                                   Stony Brook, NY                        Center, Springfield, MA               COM Class of 1988 Endowed
Neurology; University of Connecticut                                          Mark David Oliver                                                                                                   Memorial Scholarship 2021-2022
School of Medicine, Farmington, CT     Alexandra Moran                        Winchester, MA                         Rutvi Patel                            Valerie Jean Pendleton*◊              Obstetrics and Gynecology; Cooper
                                       Chelmsford, MA                         Pathology; University of Wisconsin,    Burlington, MA                         Dayton, ME                            University Hospital, Camden, NJ
Anna Parkhurst McLean*◊                Internal Medicine; Sky Ridge Medical   Madison, WI                            Child Neurology; Montefiore Medical    Robert J. Harrisburg/Bosal Foam
Gilford, NH                            Center, Lone Tree, CO                                                         Center/Albert Einstein, Bronx, NY      Scholarship 2019-2020                 Rohan Prakash Rau+
Combined Psychiatry/Child                                                     Thomas P. Oram*                                                               Roswell P. Bates, D.O., Endowed       Hingham, MA
Psychiatry; Maine Medical Center,      Ramasamy Muthuraman                    Marlborough, MA                        Shama Patel                            Scholarship 2020-2022                 Internal Medicine; Albert Einstein
Portland, ME                           Piscataway, NJ                         Psychiatry; Baystate Medical Center,   Pembroke, MA                           General Surgery/Rural Track;          Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
                                                                              Springfield, MA                        Neurology; Medical College of          University of North Dakota School
Wilson Mei*◊                           Alay P. Nanavati                                                              Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI               of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND          Aashar Raza
                                                                                                           +
Elmhurst, NY                           Medfield, MA                           Nicole Frances Parentela *                                                                                          Shrewsbury, MA
Pediatrics; University of              Internal Medicine; Roger Williams      Southwick, MA                          Vandan Patel                           Benjamin Ambrose Peterson+            Internal Medicine; Berkshire Medical
Rochester/Strong Memorial              Medical Center, Providence, RI         Pediatrics; University of North        Wallingford, CT                        Westborough, MA                       Center, Pittsfield, MA
Hospital, Rochester, NY                                                       Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC    Dermatology; Palisades Medical         Pediatrics; Wake Forest Baptist
                                       Aastha Narula                                                                 Center, North Bergen, NJ               Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC     Ellen Marie Reidy
Lindsay B. Mello                       Pittsburgh, PA                         Bora Park+◊                                                                                                         Vinalhaven, ME
Fall River, MA                                                                Newington, CT                          Olivia Plato Patsos*^◊                 Samuel M. Pettit                      Doctors for Maine’s Future
Emergency Medicine; University of      David Joseph Nicholas                  Family Medicine; WellSpan Health       Concord, MA                            La Grande, OR                         Scholarship* 2018-2022
Connecticut School of Medicine,        Johnson City, NY                       York Hospital, York, PA                Family Medicine; NewYork-              Internal Medicine-Geriatrics; Maine   Family Medicine; Concord Hospital,
Farmington, CT                         Preliminary Surgery; Baystate                                                 Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia         Medical Center, Portland, ME          Concord NH
                                       Medical Center, Springfield, MA        Darshit J. Patel                       University Medical Center,
Lindsey T. Millen◊                                                            Methuen, MA                            New York, NY                           Katie J. Polakowski                   Morgan Christine Reynolds+*‡
Las Vegas, NV                          Christian D. Noblett                                                                                                 Essex Junction, VT                    Rochester, NY
Obstetrics and Gynecology;             North Grafton, MA                      Jai Patel                              Jesse Myrick Peery◊                    Family Medicine; Concord Hospital,    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;
St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT     Internal Medicine; Thomas              Taunton, MA                            Salt Lake City, UT                     Concord, NH                           Walter Reed National Military
                                       Jefferson University/                  Diagnostic Radiology; Albany           Family Medicine; Eastern Connecticut                                         Medical Center, Washington, DC
Carl John Minnerath                    ChristianaCare, Newark, DE             Medical Center, Albany, NY             Health Network- Manchester             Matthew D. Postolowski+
Sartell, MN                                                                                                          Memorial, Manchester, CT               Columbus, OH
William B. Strong, D.O., Memorial                                             Riddhi B. Patel                                                               Neurology; Baylor College of
Endowed Scholarship 2020-2021                                                 New City, NY                                                                  Medicine, Houston, TX
Internal Medicine; Summa Health,                                              Psychiatry; Stony Brook Eastern
Akron, OH                                                                     Long Island Hospital, Greenport, NY
Colby Patrick Rondeau                Rushi Dhilan Shah                       Courtney Madelon Stern◊                 Hope Patricia Turner◊               Madeleine Whitaker                      Craig Vincent Yanuszeski
Goffstown, NH                        Rocky Hill, CT                          Taunton, MA                             South Glastonbury, CT               Hollis, NH                              Lake Orion, MI
Obstetrics and Gynecology;           Transitional Year; Inspira Health       Pediatrics; University of Connecticut   Family Medicine; Rowan University   Family Medicine; University of          Internal Medicine; Abrazo Health
Maimonides Medical Center,           Network, Mullica Hill, NJ               School of Medicine, Hartford, CT        School of Medicine, Stratford, NJ   Massachusetts Chan Medical              Network, Glendale, AZ
Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                                                             School, Barre, MA
                                     Frederique Ana Sirois                   Steven Albin Suchacz                    Varun Krishna Vadlapatla                                                    Indigo Deme Yeager+*
Joanna M. Sajdlowska^◊               Saco, ME                                Glocester, RI                           Lawrence, MA                        Caleb Michael Winn     ‡
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Sugar Camp, WI
New York, NY                         Doctors for Maine’s Future                                                      Family Medicine; University of      Arundel, ME                             Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Toon and Linda Lee Family            Scholarship* 2018-2022                  Patrick Vincent Taggart                 Massachusetts Chan Medical          Family Medicine; Carl R.                (NDD); Indiana University School
Scholarship Fund 2019-2020           Pediatrics; University of Connecticut   New City, NY                            School, Fitchburg, MA               Darnall Army Medical Center,            of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
General Surgery; St. Joseph          School of Medicine, Hartford, CT        Integrated Interventional Radiology;                                        Fort Hood, TX
University Medical Center,                                                   University of Arizona College of        Jacob Van Vorst                                                             Shannon S. Yoo^◊
                                                +
Paterson, NJ                         Lester Sit                              Medicine, Phoenix, AZ                   Burnt Hills, NY                     Maitland Blue Wiren    ◊
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Portland, OR
                                     Petaluma, CA                                                                    Diagnostic Radiology; Norwalk       Park City, UT
Nityasri P. Sankar+                  Internal Medicine; Maine Medical        Emily Jill Tamimie+◊                    Hospital, Norwalk, CT               Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;
Boxborough, MA                       Center, Portland, ME                    Nunda, NY                                                                   Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Family Medicine; Brown University/                                           Family Medicine; Concord Hospital,      Kassidy Renee Veasaw+
Kent Hospital, Pawtucket, RI         Matthew Adam Slitzky                    Concord, NH                             Owego, NY                           Jenna Wozer*
                                     Longmeadow, MA                                                                  Internal medicine; Westchester      Buffalo, NY
Katherine Anne Seibel    ◊
                                     Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;   Caoxin Tang◊                            Medical Center, Valhalla, NY        Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and
Damariscotta, ME                     Burke Rehabilitation Hospital,          Chengdu, China                                                              Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship
Emergency Medicine; University of    White Plains, NY                        Emergency Medicine; Tower Health/       ToQuynh Thuy Vu                     2020-2021
Connecticut School of Medicine,                                              Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA      Shrewsbury, MA                      Psychiatry; Maine Medical Center,
Farmington, CT                       Andrew J. Smith-Freedman                                                        Physical Medicine and               Portland, ME
                                     Natick, MA                              Madison Tippetts◊                       Rehabilitation; Penn State,
Matthew C. Senno◊                    Family Medicine; Maine-Dartmouth        Logan, UT                               Hershey, PA                         Lyman Wu
Cumberland, RI                       Family Medicine, Augusta, ME                                                                                        Ellicott City, MD
Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and                                              Brandon Justin Toll*                    Jackson Riley Waldrip               Dr. Mason Allen Scholarship and           FOOTNOTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                   +
Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship        Ana Patricia Soares de Pina             Havertown, PA                           Andover, KS                         Dr. Lawrence Newth Fellowship                 Member of Sigma Sigma Phi
                                                                                                                                                                                                       recognized by maroon and bright
2020-2021                            Little Compton, RI                                                              Diagnostic Radiology; Hartford      2020-2021                                     gold cords
Emergency Medicine; Baystate                                                 Ashley C. Tracy                         Hospital, Hartford, CT              Pediatrics; Albany Medical Center,        * Gold Humanism Honor Society
Medical Center, Springfield, MA      Brett Evan Stark+‡                      Peachtree City, GA                                                          Albany, NY                                    recognized by gold cords

                                     Columbia, MD                            Emergency Medicine; Baystate                                                                                          ^ Interprofessional Honors Distinction
                                                                                                                                                                                                      recognized by orange and blue cords
                                     Transitional Year; Naval Medical        Medical Center, Springfield, MA                                                                                       ◊
                                                                                                                                                                                                        UP Scholar Honors Distinction
                                                                                                                                                                                                       C
                                     Center, Portsmouth, VA                                                                                                                                            recognized by green, blue and
                                                                                                                                                                                                       white cords
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ‡
                                                                                                                                                                                                        tudents currently serving in the U.S.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       S
                                                                                                                                                                                                       military and veterans recognized by
                                                                                                                                                                                                       red, white and blue cords
COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE                                                                             James and Susan Tracy Charitable Foundation
                                                                                                            The Kaminsky Family Foundation
                                                                                                                                                                         James M. Tracy, D.O. ’84, and Susan R. Tracy
                                                                                                                                                                         John P. Tumiel, HA ’14
SCHOLARSHIP DONORS                                                                                          Robert Kyle, D.O. ’97, and Kathryn Kyle                      Marianne C. San Antonio, D.O. ’05,
                                                                                                            Louis P. Leite, D.O. ’89, and Kelly R. Leite, D.O. ’89        and Michael T. Vest, D.O. ’01

                                                                                                            Melissa L. McLane, D.O. ’98                                  E. Russell Young, D.O. ’85
VISIONARY SOCIETY                                        James Brady
                                                                                                            Patricia J. Phillips, D.O. ’85
$1 MILLION+                                              Lisa Smith DeFalco, D.O. ’98,
                                                                                                            Southern Maine Osteopathic Group
Harold Alfond Foundation                                    and Robert A. DeFalco Jr., D.O. ’98                                                                          FOUNDER SOCIETY
Diane Collins Field, WC ’81, ’85 and Sumner Field, III   Samuel M. DiCapua, D.O. ’88                                                                                     $1,000 - $2,499

Doctors for Maine’s Future Scholarship                   Elmina B. Sewall Foundation                        TRUSTEE SOCIETY                                              Anonymous (2)
Arthur P. Girard, HA ’17, and Frances M. Girard          Edward M. Friedman, D.O., and Carole J. Friedman   $2,500 - $4,999                                              James M. Andrews, D.O. ’99
                                                         Paul M. Gagnon, D.O. ’87                           Anonymous (2)                                                Robert Bach ’94, D.O., and Debra Bach, Ph.D.
                                                         Mark L. Haley                                      John V. Chang, D.O. ’84, M.Sc., FACEP, FAAUCM,               Bank of America Charitable Fund
AMBASSADOR SOCIETY                                       Kathleen A. Harper, D.O. ’87                         and Jean A. Chang                                          Dennis C. Blackburn, D.O. ’93
$100,000 - $999,999
                                                         W. Hadley Hoyt III, D.O.                           John M. Corsi, D.O. ’84, and Cheryl Corsi P’ 25              Blank Family Fund
David L. Anderson, Ph.D.                                 Jack Fireman, D.O., Scholarship Fund               David and Dorie Barber Family Fund                           Craig S. Boisvert, D.O. ’82
Davis Family Foundation                                    of the RI Foundation                             Donald D. Diverio Jr., D.O. ’89                              Myra Thivierge and Jeffrey A. Bonney P ’14
Charles W. Ford, Ph.D.                                   Michael D. McNamara, D.O. ’88                      Thomas S. Flach, D.O. ’89                                    Bosal Foam & Fiber
Brenda C. Garrand and David Pierson                      Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine          James E. Fluet, D.O. ’85                                     Barbara C. Brazis, D.O. ’91, and Patricia A. Eberle
James D. Herbert, Ph.D., and Lynn Brandsma, Ph.D.        Edgar A. Pimentel, D.O. ’91                        Eric Freiberger, D.O.                                        Peter J. Buckley, D.O. ’96
Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation                      Ingrid Schmedtje, D.O. ’88                         Elizabeth M. Havu                                            John B. Caramagna, D.O. ’96
George M. Locarno SFC ’70                                Daniel J. Sheps, D.O. ’88, CSW                     Patricia A. Kelley, M.S.                                     Moya P. Chew-Lai P ’19
Eileen L. Wyatt                                          Sondra Smith                                       Philip B. LaPlante, D.O. ’12                                 David Ciraulo, D.O., M.P.H. ’88, P ’21,
                                                         SMRT Architects                                    Eric T. Lubiner, D.O. ’94, and Jill Lubiner                    and Sandra C. Ciraulo P ’21
                                                         Anne L. Tilley, D.O. ’99                           Michael McNamara, D.O. ’88                                   Autumn Clark, D.O. ’02, and Willis Hoyt IV, D.O. ’02
LEADER SOCIETY
                                                         UNE COM Student Government                         Julie Foley Miller, D.O. ’86                                 Jason E. Cohen, D.O. ’03
$50,000 - $99,999
                                                                                                            Mark Morris, D.O. ’02                                        Brian C. Collins, D.O. ’85
Jane Carreiro, D.O. ’88
                                                                                                            Joshua Morrison, D.O. ’09                                    Mathew J. Cosenza, D.O. ’94
Estate of Kenneth M. Hills                               CHAIRMAN SOCIETY
                                                                                                            Charles E. O’Brien Jr., D.O. ’86                             William J. Cove, D.O. ’82, and Virginia A. DeFede-Cove
Daniel and Alison McCormack                              $5,000 - $9,999
                                                                                                            Nicole Pasquarello and George J. Pasquarello III, D.O. ’93   Richard J. DeCarolis, D.O. ’90
Jeffrey L. Mikutis, D.O. ’83, and Susan B. Mikutis       Susann Salansky Apgar, D.O. ’91
                                                                                                            Curtis W. Penney, D.O. ’93                                   Karlin A. DeFeo P ’05,
                                                         Bruce P. Bates, D.O., and Charlotte K. Bates
                                                                                                                                                                           and Guy A. DeFeo, D.O. ’88, P ’15, M.S. ’16
                                                                                                            Sarah E. Prescott, D.O. ’89, P ’21,
                                                         David W. Dickison, D.O. ’82, M.P.H.
BENEFACTOR SOCIETY                                                                                            and Andrew H. Beauregard, P ’21                            Maura E. DeJoseph, D.O. ’03
                                                         Sharon L. Dorman, D.O. ’92
$10,000 - $49,999                                                                                           J. Chase Rand, D.O., CMD, and Judith Rand                    Kimberly Corneal D’Eramo, D.O. ’02
                                                         Karl Felber, D.O. ’88
Anonymous (1)                                                                                               Matthew P. Raymond, D.O. ’95                                 Christy L. Dibble, D.O. ’92
                                                         Steven E. Fern, D.O. ’89
David and Dorie Barber                                                                                      Eric L. Schneider, D.O. ’03, and Therese M. Schneider        Robert G. Dinwoodie, D.O. ’86
                                                         Stephen R. Gorman, D.O. ’00
Stephanie M. Bien, D.O. ’88                                                                                 The Lockrow Fund                                             Lauri Fairbanks Doane, D.O. ’93

                                                                                                            Beatriz Torrado-Ridgley, D.O. ’94                            Barbara and Dale H. Dohner, P ’98
Datcha T. Dorvil, D.O. ’08                                   Kathleen G. Reichard, D.M.D. ’93                                          OSTEOPATHIC OATH
Drs. Betsy and Glenn Richard Fund of Schwab Charitable       Renaissance Charitable Foundation
David R. Duval, D.O. ’87                                     Katherine M. Riggert, D.O. ’04                                            I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility
Amy Schafer Erickson, D.O. ’00                               Christopher D. Rogers, D.O. ’85                                           to preserve the health and life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a

Lucille Folino, D.O. ’85, and Mark Yacyk, D.O. ’87           Darren C. Rosenberg, D.O. ’95                                             friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional

Regen Gallagher ’95, D.O. ’99,                               Benjamin L. Russell, D.O. ’85                                             duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my
  and Shawn L. Laferriere ’95, D.O. ’99                      James B. Ryan, D.O. ’82*                                                  skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.
Ana P. Gomes, D.O. ’94, and Thaddeus M. Aversa, D.O. ’94     Sarah Tolford Selby, D.O. ’09                                             I will be ever vigilant in aiding the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not
Kristen Michalopoulos Haddon, D.O. ’07,                      Brian T. Shea, D.O. ’94                                                   engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will
  and Benjamin Haddon
                                                             M. Jane and Terrance J. Sheehan, M.D.                                     give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.
Peter O. Haughie, D.O. ’02
                                                             Gretchen M. Sibley, D.O. ’94
                                                                                                                                       I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word
Edmund H. Hornstein, D.O. ’87
                                                             Small Craft Advisory Fund of the Gulf Coast Community
                                                                                                                                       or act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices.
Charles F. Kava, D.O. ’83                                      Foundation
Dr. Robert D. Kelly                                          Melinda Y. Small, Ph.D.                                                   I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and
Jacklyn D. Kiefer, D.O. ’06                                  David O. Sussman, D.O. ’85                                                strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me.
Craig B. Kushnir ’00, D.O.                                   The Mindy Carter and Ron Ashkenasy Charitable Fund                        I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the
Joseph M. Leahy Jr., D.O. ’92, and Kathleen Correia          Keith M. Tobin, D.O. ’89                                                  principles of osteopathy, which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.
  Leahy, D.O. ’92
                                                             Peter A. Vellis, D.O. ’86
                                                                                                                                       In the presence of this gathering, I bind myself to my oath.
Anne Jones, D.O., and Thomas A. Leeson, D.O. ’05
                                                             Rhonda A. Wallace, D.O. ’97, and
Kathryne A. Leonard, D.O. ’86,                                 William Curtis Wallace, D.O. ’97
  and Robert T. Leonard Jr., D.O. ’86
                                                             Steven I. Weisberger, D.O. ’83, and Teri Weisberger P ’18
Howard D. Lipkin, D.O. ’86
                                                             Frank H. Willard, Ph.D.
Charles W. Lowney, D.O.
                                                             Guy P. Williams, D.O. ’84
Jane A. Lyons, D.O. ’91, and John R. Macatee, D.O. ’91
                                                             Barbara J. Winterson, Ph.D., and Stephen C. Shannon,
Maine Osteopathic Association                                  D.O. ’86, M.P.H.
Robert E. Malaney
Matulis Family Fund
Michael McCarten, D.O. ’83
Erica I. Miller, D.O. ’04
Albert M. Mitchell Jr., D.O. ’84*
Paul and Cheryl Morrow P ’23
                                                             *deceased
Mary L. Brawn, D.O. ’87, and Thomas R. Noethlich, D.O. ’87
Nicholas J. Palermo, D.O., PC                                The University’s fiscal year runs from June 1 through May 31. Please
                                                             note that qualifying gifts received on or after April 15, 2022, may not
Loraine Paradis, D.O. ’87                                    be included in this listing. While every effort is made to ensure
David W. Paul, D.O. ’98                                      accuracy in compiling this list of donors, errors or omissions may
                                                             have occurred. If you feel this is the case, please contact Michael
Paul F. Racicot, M.D., and Margo Racicot                     Manning in the Office of Institutional Advancement at (207)
Eleanor J. Reichard                                          221-4374 or mmanning6@une.edu.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES                                                        SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

OFFICERS                                          TRUSTEES EMERITI       James D. Herbert, Ph.D.

Dan McCormack, MBA, Chair                         Vincent E. Furey Jr.   President

Regen Gallagher ’95, D.O. ’99, MBA, Vice-Chair    Robert McAfee, M.D.    Karen T. Pardue, Ph.D., M.S., RN, CNE, ANEF.             Nicole Trufant, CPA
Diane Collins Field ’81, ’85, Treasurer                                  Provost                                                  Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration
David Barber, Secretary

MEMBERS
                                                                         VICE PRESIDENTS                                          COLLEGE DEANS
David L. Anderson, Ph.D.
Louise Bowditch, J.D., M.A.                                              Ellen G. Beaulieu, Ed.D., M.P.H.                         Jane E. Carreiro, D.O.
Jim Brady                                                                Vice President for Strategy and Communications           Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ralph de Chabert ’69, M.A.T., M.H.R.O.D., Ed.D.                                                                                   and Vice President for Health Affairs
Calen B. Colby, PE                                                       Jennifer I. DeBurro, M.Ed.
Brenda Garrand, M.A.                                                     Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students   Nicole Kimmes, D.D.S.
Jean Ginn Marvin, M.A.                                                                                                            Interim Dean of the College of Dental Medicine
                                                                         Alicia Fereday, MBA
Fran Girard
                                                                         Vice President for Institutional Advancement             Sally McCormack Tutt, PT, D.P.T., M.P.H., Ed.D
Mark Haley, J.D.
                                                                                                                                  Interim Dean of the Westbrook College of Health
Katherine Heer ’90, D.M.D.                                               Anouar Majid, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                  Professions
James D. Herbert, Ph.D., President (ex-officio)                          Vice President for Global Affairs
Mason “Skip” Irving III, MBA                                                                                                      Jonathan Millen, Ph.D.
Brock Johndro, Student Trustee                                           Scott E. Steinberg, MBA
                                                                                                                                  Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Marge Kilkelly, M.S                                                      Vice President of University Admissions

Story Landis, Ph.D.                                                                                                               Beth Taylor-Nolan, Ed.D.
                                                                         Alan Thibeault
George M. Locarno ’70, LL.M., CPA, J.D.                                                                                           Dean of the College of Professional Studies
                                                                         Vice President for University Operations
Mark Malone, CCIM
Julie Mostov, Ph.D.                                                      John Tumiel, M.A. OTR/L
Kaitlyn Quirk, Student Trustee                                           Vice President for Board Relations
Ford S. Reiche, J.D.                                                     and Senior Advisor to the President
Justin H. Schair, MBA
Stephen C. Shannon, D.O., M.P.H.
Kinna Thakarar, D.O., M.P.H.
Cheri Walker, CPA
Krystal Willliams, J.D., MBA
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