Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and our many Friends,
Good morning from my home office in Horsham, PA. Just as I thought we were well into Spring, our weather forecast is calling for temperatures in the low 30’s with wind chills in the 20’s tomorrow! At least it’s not snowing.
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month and we have a three-part Q&A series highlighting audiologists and speech-language pathologists. The first part features Robert Serianni talking about raising awareness on communication disorders.
Our Physician Assistant (PA) Studies students got a firsthand account of what it’s like on the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19 during a recent webinar that featured Salus alums and faculty members, along with other healthcare providers, that are out there treating patients with the virus. More than 100 of our PA students signed up for the webinar, moderated by Dr. John Fitzgerald, associate director of the University’s PA program.
The Faculty Focus feature this week is on Dr. Alan Kabat. In addition to his love of teaching our students, Dr. Kabat has two other passions he pursues when he’s not teaching.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Andrew Gurwood, who has been selected as the 2020 Albert Fitch Memorial Alumnus of the Year. Andy has been a teacher and mentor to thousands of practicing optometrists for many years in his role at PCO/Salus University.
Hearing loss makes communication difficult under the best of circumstances, but add a mask to the equation and it can be a big problem. Dr. Lindsay Bondurant talked to KYW Newsradio about how difficult communication is for those with hearing loss, wear hearing aids or rely on lip reading around people wearing masks.
On Monday, The Eye Institute will begin seeing emergency patients in-house. Special thanks to Dr. Maria Parisi who has been leading the taskforce, comprised of several TEI faculty members, to develop protocols resulting in safe and efficacious care to our patients, while keeping residents, faculty and staff members safe as well.
On Monday, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and the optometric profession lost a true icon. Dr. Harry Kaplan, PCO Class of 1949, passed away earlier this week. Dr. Kaplan retired from PCO in 2016 after teaching for over 52 years. An expert in contact lenses, Dr. Kaplan also played a key role in helping the university to raise funds by establishing the “I” Raffle, now called the Salus Cares Raffle, which is credited with raising over $800,000 over the 33 years it’s been in existence.
Finally, later today, you will be receiving a more in-depth update on how our plans are evolving as we look towards the future. As I’ve said several times over the course of this public health emergency, we are well poised to be flexible, agile and adaptable as conditions around us change. I have no doubt that we will be able to fulfill our commitment to our students, patients and all those who have entrusted their care and futures to us.
Have a great weekend (but dress warmly on Saturday!). Remember, we are SALUS STRONG. Working together as a single team we are all going to be fine when this is all over.
Mike
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