ATSU-SOMA开学典礼荣誉113新的整骨医学医生

在。亚利桑那州的骨质疗法医学学校（ATSU-SOMA）仍然庆祝的113名学生在2022年5月27日星期五在亚利桑那州的梅萨举行的开学典礼上成为整骨医学的医生。

此外，有两个学生毕业ATSU研究生健康研究学院的公共卫生学位硕士学位。

Sharon Obadia, DO, FNAOME, ’97, interim dean of ATSU-SOMA, said graduates are a force for good in the world and promised they will make a difference.

奥巴迪亚博士说：“你们现在每个人都有责任定义成为整骨医师的意义，向世界展示什么是真正的专业精神，并为我们的职业发光。”

“You are not carrying the weight of this responsibility alone. We are all here to support you.”

斯蒂芬妮·考克斯·巴特森（Stephanie Cox-Batson），马萨诸塞州，弗科格（FACOG），发表了开学地址。Cox-Baston博士担任伊利诺伊州芝加哥北卫生服务公司附近的首席医疗官。她还担任西北Prentice医院的产科分类部门的主体医师，并与西北妇女专家担任合伙人。

Dr. Cox-Batson earned her doctor of medicine degree and master of arts degree in neurophysiology from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, followed by postgraduate training at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and Prentice Women’s Hospital. A diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, she is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is a member of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.

她敦促学生倾听并为患者出席。随之而来的是，将会更加理解，智慧和欣赏。

“As doctors of osteopathic medicine, you have a leg up on the rest of us. You have been trained to see the patient as a whole. That is a gift, and you should cherish it,” Dr. Cox-Baston said.

“You are doctors now, but you do not deserve your patient’s respect. You’re going to earn it. They, on the other hand, deserve your respect the second they walk into your room. If you remember this, and if you allow your patients to heal you, you’re going to have wealth and health beyond imagination.”

Graduates also heard from Linda J. Thomas-Hemak, MD, FACP, FAAP. Dr. Thomas-Hemak serves as president and CEO of The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated entity, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After graduating as a Michael DeBakey Scholar from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completing Harvard’s Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency program in Boston, Massachusetts, she joined The Wright Center in 2001, becoming president in 2007 and CEO in 2012.

托马斯·赫马克（Thomas-Hemak）博士在创建赖特研究生医学教育中心的开创性国家家庭医学居住计划方面发挥了重要作用，旨在通过与联邦合格的健康中心合作伙伴的合作来解决美国初级保健医师短缺和相关的健康差异。此外，她领导了全国HRSA资助的研究生医学教育安全网络财团的开创性努力，赖特中心现在是美国最大的教学健康中心网络。

“In you we see the hope for the future recovery of the healthcare delivery and medical education systems in this country,” she said. “You should know that was the purpose of founding ATSU, and with NACHC (National Association of Community Health Centers) at your side and all the community health centers, we’re ready to lift you up and to help you be successful as you go on your journey.”

博士。考克斯·巴斯顿（Cox-Baston）和托马斯·赫马克（Thomas-Hemak）由ATSU总统克雷格·菲尔普斯（Craig Phelps），’84授予人道信誉博士学位。

NACHC的首席医疗官Ron Yee，医学博士，MBA，MBA，FAAP，提供了美国社区卫生中心的话。Yee博士提醒ATSU-SOMA毕业生在13,500个社区卫生中心中的角色，该中心为美国11人中的1人服务。

Yee博士说：“ ATSU-SOMA学生接受了培训，可以从事高效的全能药物，为美国一些服务不足的社区中的人们带来优质的护理。”“据估计，ATSU学生和毕业生每年为超过2500万服务不足的患者提供护理。”

In closing remarks, Dr. Phelps reminded graduates of the tools they possess and support they can find in the ATSU community.

“For the rest of your life you will wear the mantle of a healer,” Dr. Phelps said. “More importantly, those sitting before you, next to you, and behind you will support and continue to support you throughout your career, as you dedicate yourself to the most noble of all callings – helping others.”