New Appointments & Student Involvement: Week of September 24, 2018

Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends.

It’s been a busy and exciting week at Salus. 

On Monday, we welcomed our Board of Trustees to campus for their quarterly meeting. During each quarterly meeting we try to highlight one of our academic programs and this time Dr. Lauren Sponseller gave a very comprehensive overview of our Occupational Therapy program. These presentations provide a great opportunity to inform Salus board members about all the creative and innovative things happening in each of our programs.

Throughout the week our graduating Physician Assistant students presented their Capstone projects on a variety of topics. Students, faculty, and staff were all invited to attend. I had the opportunity to sit in on a couple of the presentations, which were exceptional.  Congratulations to all of our capstone participants for a job well done!

Speaking of graduation, please put October 11th on your calendar for our Fall Commencement at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Center City at 2:00 p.m. For the first time, ever, every college will be represented at the ceremony. We’ll also be awarding an honorary degree to Dr. Janice Scharre followed by her keynote address, which I’m certain will be insightful and inspiring.

In the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Holly Myers, OD '86 has assumed the role of Chief, Suite 1 Primary Care at The Eye Institute. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Myers on her achievement!

On Wednesday, Salus was represented at Arcadia University’s Health & Wellness Fair and Representative Pam DeLissio’s Senior Expo at the Roxborough Memorial Hospital. I highly encourage you to volunteer for these events as it’s a great way to be involved in the community and spread the word about Salus.

This week we saw some positive movement on the Optometric Scope of Practice bill that’s moving through the Pennsylvania legislature. On Thursday, the bill was passed by the state Senate. Now the bill will go to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for a vote. It will be important for all of our optometry students from Pennsylvania to contact their state representatives to help ensure we have their support for this important piece of legislation. We’ll continue to work closely with the Pennsylvania Optometric Association to get pertinent information to legislators concerning how we train optometrists at Salus.

Finally, thanks to Dr. Stephanie Leburg for her Grand Rounds presentation on “Initial Parafoveal Scotomas, Optic Disc Hemorrhages and Normal Tension Glaucoma this morning at TEI. It was extremely informative!

It looks like we may actually have a nice weekend so if you have a chance, get outside and enjoy the nice fall weather. Be safe and look out for one another!

Mike