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On October 23rd 2014, the Army and PA community saw one of our leaders retire from active duty af-ter a amazing 32 years of service at Fort Bragg, NC. COL Ellison was the guest speaker. Also in attend-ance were Congressman Stephen Womack, LTC Womack’s brother-in-law. LTC Womack entered the Army at age 17 in 1981 and graduated from one of the Army's first co-ed Basic Training Courses at Ft Rucker Alabama. Assignments as an enlisted medic included Schofield Barracks, Fort Campbell, and later in Vicenza, Italy. Attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant, this Noncommissioned Officer was accepted into and graduat-
ed from the Warrant Officer course; however, just two years later, she became commissioned as an Army 2nd Lieutenant. While still a Lieutenant, Womack served as the Cor-rectional Facility Medical Treatment OIC at Fort Knox with the kind of effective-ness associated with offic-ers much more senior in grade. While stationed at Fort Hood in the mid-1990'
LTC Sherry L. Womack retires after 32 years
January 2015 Volume 29: Edition 1
Volume 29 Edition 1 The Society of Army Physician Assistants
SAPA Journal The Society of Army Physician Assistants
A Civilian Organization Recognizing Army PA’s
Inside this issue:
LTC Womack Retire-ment
1
DARPA 4
Iron Majors Awardee 8
Abstract Winners 8
Filipina Leadership 9
Faces of Defense 11
9 “A” 13
Rand Arroyo Winner 14
PA Consultant to TSG 14
PA Maintains Grave Site
15
PA’s Abroad 16
2014 TSG-PARA 17
PA Intern 18
LTG Ledford Award 19
LTC Selectees 20
MAJ Selectees 21
CPT Selectees 22
SAPA IT Info 24
SAPA Election Slots 25
SAPA Conference 2015 Info
26
SAPA Emails 32
Chaplain’s Corner 33
Editors Notes 34
SAPA POC’s 35
s.. Womack was specially assigned to the 4th Infan-try Division to pioneer digital warfighting capabili-ties in this, the "Task Force 21" Division Womack later completed a Master of Science de-gree with the University of Nebraska and her Fel-lowship in Emergency Medicine while stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, where she later became the Phase I coordinator and lead instructor for Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants. Immediately following the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Womack deployed with the Rakkassan Bri-
gade of the 101st Air Assault Division into Afghani-stan. Deployed in the early stages of Operation Enduring Freedom in January 2002, mere hours after arrival Womack was immediately triaging and treating Al Qaeda prisoners at the Kandahar Air Base detention facility. Later in this deploy-ment, she was specially detailed as a Medical Liai-son to U.S. Special Forces in theater and partici-pated in highly experimental operations designed to exploit local medical operations to win intelli-gence support and assistance from local Afghan citizens. Womack traveled with SF detachments into local villages, provided medical assistance to villagers, and used special (Phraselator) speech
devices to communicate with the local nationals. Direct involvement in these operations greatly aid-ed U.S. Special Forces in identifying weapons cach-es and capturing local enemy combatants. Womack was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Medical Badge for meritorious actions in OEF. During 2007-08, then MAJ Womack deployed with the 261st Med Battalion as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From Tikrit to Baghdad, MAJ Womack's tireless leadership, organizational expertise, and infectious positive spirit were employed to motivate and inspire soldiers engaged in medical support of
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our combat units. Upon return to the U.S., LTC Womack served as the first female Senior PA at 18th Airborne Corps and then as a Sen-ior P A at US Forces Command where she continued her service in pivotal roles on the Army's Suicide Prevention Task Force and the Women's Health Task Force. Upon retirement, LTC Womack was awarded the Legion of Merit for her exemplary service to the Army Medical Specialty Corps, the Ar-my and the United States of America. Well done and greatly deserved.
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Craig J. Stachewicz MAJ, SP, PA-C
During the summer of
2014 I had the unique
opportunity of work-
ing at the Defense Ad-
vanced Research Pro-
jects Agency (DARPA)
for 12 weeks as a Fel-
low in the Service
Chiefs Fellowship Pro-
gram (SCFP). The fel-
lowship was
“established to im-
merse outstanding mil-
itary officers and Gov-
ernment civilians into
imaginative and innova-
tive, fast-paced science and technology research. It provides participants with insight into cutting-edge technolo-
gy and allows them to potentially aid in developing a future DARPA programs.” (DARPA, 2014, “Service Chiefs’
Fellows Program (SCFP)”, para.1). In other words, the goal is to make the Fellows “Smart on DARPA” and upon
completion of the assignment, Fellows create an effective liaison between DARPA and the Services through the
intimate understanding of DARPA's technology development process.
DARPA was established under the name of ARPA in 1958 when the US Department of Defense issued Directive
5105.15 in response to the launch of Sputnik by the Russians. Their paraphrased mission statement is “create or
prevent decisive surprise for U.S. national security”. As the DoD’s primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes
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Broadening Opportunity at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Fellows at HRL in Malibu, California
programs that are finite in duration but that
create lasting change. DARPA is composed
of seven technology offices that research
diverse areas: Adaptive Execution (AEO),
Biology (BTO), Tactical (TTO), Defense Sci-
ences (DSO), Information Innovation (I2O),
Microsystems (MSO), and Strategic (STO).
Within each office, Program Managers
(PMs) are in charge of programs and usual-
ly work at DARPA for fewer than four years.
The high turnover of PMs is meant to bring
new and innovative ideas into the agency,
and they then return to their industry, uni-
versity or governmental agency. PMs de-
velop programs and present them for ap-
proval. Once approved the PMs have full
control of the program’s budget, direction,
and the setting of stringent milestones.
Programs often are completed much faster
compared to programs in the Services or in
university and industry, normally two to
four years, which is also a typical DARPA
PM’s tenure. After completion of the pro-
gram the intent is to transition it to the Services or the private sector for continued research and development.
Some programs are not transitioned for various reasons, and may be shelved for possible reconsideration by in-
dustry or the military later on.
Fellows are encouraged to jump in and follow multiple programs of interest and not just in their area of exper-
tise. There are well over 150 active DARPA programs that are in various phases of research and testing. There are
many DARPA programs that are looking 10-20 years out and many more looking at solving near- term problems
and questions. Becoming involved is critical for gaining an understanding of DARPA and how it answers or solves
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Fellows at National Robotics Engineering Center with a robot un-
dergoing testing for DARPAs Robotics Challenge Pittsburgh, PA
the DoD’s toughest
problems so it can main-
tain its technological
superiority. DARPA con-
tinues to evolve and has
put more and more em-
phasis on biological
technologies. So much
so that DARPA created
the new office of BTO
that focuses on the
emerging intersection
of biology and technolo-
gy. BTO’s programs in-
clude research on controlled intra-abdominal hemorrhage, restoring memory in brain--injury patients, creating
medications—on--demand machines for forward units, clearing sepsis-causing and other pathogens in the blood,
organs on a microchip and new central and peripherally controlled prosthetics, to name just a few. Other pro-
grams I reviewed focused on better communication and accuracy for close air support, laser technologies, troop
protective equipment and robotic systems.
I was able to visit multiple performers at large and small companies, universities and government laboratories to
review their DARPA programs and other technologies they are researching. Many performers do not have a mili-
tary background and our input and experience provided them perspective to our operational environments. I had
the privilege of meeting many wounded warriors and other injured or disabled people benefiting from DARPA’s
work with prosthetics. During my visits to industry performers and meetings with PMs I provided my perspective
from Roles 1 and 2 level of care and how their technology can be improved and potential placement on the battle-
field.
My time at DARPA was an invaluable experience that certainly cemented my understanding of DoD’s determina-
tion in maintaining technological superiority over our adversaries. This was also a rewarding and fantastic tour,
and I highly recommend those interested in advanced technologies and research to apply for the SCFP. If you are
interested in reading more about DARPA and the details on the application requirements for the fellowship,
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Fellows at MIT
please refer to the below websites and the future tour dates. Feel free to contact me directly at
[email protected] for other questions about the fellowship.
http://www.darpa.mil/default.aspx
http://www.darpa.mil/Opportunities/
Military_Services/
Service_Chiefs_Fellows_Program/
Service_Chiefs_Fellows_Program_(SCFP).aspx
https://www.hrc.army.mil/Officer/Broadening%
20Opportunity%20Programs_Building%20a%
20cohort%20of%20leaders%20that%20allow%
20the%20Army%20to%20succeed%20at%20all%
20levels%20in%20all%20environments
5 January 2015 through 25 March 2015
30 March 2015 through 17 June 2015
22 June 2015 through 9 September 2015 References:
DARPA Online. (2014). Service Chiefs’ Fellows
Program (SCFP). Retrieved September 5, 2014,
from: http://www.darpa.mil/Opportunities/
Military_Services/
Service_Chiefs_Fellows_Program/
Service_Chiefs_Fellows_Program_(SCFP).aspx
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MAJ Stachewicz shaking hands with Jan’s robotic arm at the
University of Pittsburgh as part of the brain-computer inter-
face program
2014 SP Iron Major Award Recipient
Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of COL Nikki Butler, the SP Corps Chief, it is with great pleasure to announce the recipients of the 2014 Army Medical Specialist Corps Iron Majors Award. Please extend congratulations to our newest Iron Majors.
MAJ Christopher Pase (65D)
Background: The AMEDD Iron Majors Week is a selection process to identify outstanding Majors and Captains Pro-
motable of the AMEDD who have displayed exceptional leadership skills, the ability to mentor junior officers, and
who can foresee and participate in the future growth and potential of Army Medicine
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2014 SP Corps Abstract Award Recipients
Ladies & Gentlemen, Please join me in congratulating the following recipients of the 2014 SP Corps Abstract Award:
Overall MLH Abstract Awardee: MAJ Bradley Warr, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, CSCS
Abstract Line of Research 1.0 Awardee: MAJ Bradley Warr, PhD, MPAS, PA-C,CSCS
Abstract Line of Research 2.0 Awardee: MAJ Mark Lester, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS
Abstract Line of Research 3.0 Awardee:
MAJ Aaron Cronin, PA-C, DSc
Abstract Line of Research 4.0 Awardee: 1LT John Sepowitz, MS, RD
Background: The SP Corps Abstract Award recognizes recently completed research that has not been pub-
lished. The nominee to be recognized is the first author listed on the abstract.
Please join us in congratulating these SP researchers!
DISRUPT. Filipina Women: Proud, Loud, Leading Without a Doubt. October 6, 2014, Manila, Philippines – MAJ Amelia Duran-Stanton, an Army orthopaedic physician assis-tant and currently the deputy chief of inspections at the MEDCOM IG office is one of 35 authors of the first book on Filipina women’s leadership from the Filipina Women’s Network. Authors are recipients of the Filipina Women’s Network’s 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World award. The book had its first launch at the “A SPACE MANILA” in Manila, Philippines on October 6, 2014. There are several more book launches scheduled with the first in the United States on November 3, 2014 in San Francisco. The book will also be available on Amazon on hardcopy and digital formats. The biographies and additional information about the authors are available under these links: http://www.filipinawomensnetwork.org/ http://www.filipinaleadership.org/
Below is an excerpt from one of the editors of the book, Mrs. Maria Beebe of Portland, Oregon. ABOUT THE BOOK This book is a collective reflection on the meaning of leadership by Filipinas across the world. These are wom-en who have experienced disruptions but more im-portantly have overcome complex personal and profes-sional challenges while living and working in multiple cul-tures and the modern global economy. These pioneering Filipina leaders have been widely recognized in their fields and communities, and lauded by their peers through the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN). These proud Filipinas lead without a doubt, albeit not always loudly. They now share their transformational and trans-cendent leadership stories in this unprecedented book. Our intent is to share these stories of leaning in, daring greatly, disrupting the status quo, and striding boldly while maintaining deep family ties and pakikipagkapwa, heeding the call for service, and leading lives of commit-ment. The triumphs told in these accounts are the tri-
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Book Launch on Filipina Leadership from the Filipina Women’s Network
MAJ Amelia Duran-Stanton
umphs of Filipinas everywhere, and an inspiration to aspiring and emergent leaders among overseas Fili-pina workers, Filipinas in the diaspora and in the Philippines. These narratives will link to our FEMtorMatchTM objectives of developing next generation leaders and our FWN goal of a Filipina wom-an leader in every sector of the global economy. As FWN board members and editorial board members, we are honored and humbled to have been one of the firsts to read these personal accounts that we now share with the world. Why DISRUPT? "A pearl is a beautiful thing that is made from a disrupted life." Filipina women have been objects and agents of disruption. Their personal and professional lives were disrupted due to immigration, workplace relocations, sudden death of a loved one, domestic violence, and other sudden perturbations. Filipina women disrupted the status quo as they became achievers in their professional fields and broke "glass ceilings". Filipina women disrupted the business landscape when they innovated products, improved or created services that impacted the lives of women and the citizenry. They disrupted their communities as they became strong advocates for social change, such as addressing domestic violence, human rights, and workers’ rights.
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By Army Capt. Russell Vernado
Regional Command South
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK,
May 6, 2014 – A U.S. Army medical officer
saved an Albanian soldier’s life last month
thanks to a medical exchange program here.
During a routine procedure, 1st Lt. Jamie
Mueller, a physician assistant with 4th Infan-
try Division’s 4th Special Troops Battalion,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, noticed a
troubling growth on her patient’s back.
Mueller consulted with Army Maj. (Dr.) Mi-
chael Rossi here and with other physicians
throughout Afghanistan and Germany, and
they determined the soldier had cancer and
needed immediate surgery.
Rossi credited Mueller’s professionalism and
competence as the catalyst for getting the
soldier the care he needed.
“She was able to gain their confidence,” he
said. “As a result, they were able to find the
cancer.”
That confidence Rossi added, was gained
through Mueller’s hard work. When Mueller
arrived here in February, a 12-foot wall sepa-
rated the coalition forces. Though a physician
assistant typically works directly with a su-
pervising doctor, Mueller found herself as the
only medical professional at the clinic. Shortly
after she arrived, Mueller and her team were
functioning at a high level and had begun to
conduct medical exchanges with their NATO
partners.
“I’m just an old medic that went to [medical] school,” Rossi said. She’s the one that makes things happen. Before
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Face of Defense: Physician Assistant Saves Lives, Builds Bonds
Army 1st Lt. Jamie Mueller at work at Forward Operating Base Spin
Boldak, Afghanistan, April 30, 2014. U.S. Army photo
she got here the Albanians were on one [base], and we were on another.”
Within weeks of beginning the medical exchanges, the U.S. and Albanian forces were regularly eating meals to-
gether in the American dining facility. Rossi said the crowd at meal time is getting bigger and bigger as the part-
nership grows.
Mueller said she enjoys working with people from other countries and learning about their cultures. Being de-
ployed gives her that chance. “[On a previous deployment], I worked with locals in the Philippines. I love seeing
where they come from and what they are like,” she said.
A Forest Lake, Minn., native, Mueller already had a master’s degree in exercise science when she began her Army
career. In her first assignment at 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, she served as an intelli-
gence analyst. After her initial service commitment, she decided she wanted to return to the medical field. “I
joined the Army to do something different. I liked [intelligence], but wanted to do something with medicine,” she
said. She completed the Interservice Physician Assistant Program in October 2013 and deployed here four months
later.
“Whether it’s treating us or the Albanians or an Afghan, … she does a great job down here,” said Army Lt. Col.
Neil Doherty, Mueller’s battalion commander.
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FY14 SP AMEDD “9A” Proficiency Designator Recipients
Ladies & Gentlemen, On behalf of The Surgeon General and the SP Corps Chief, please extend congratulations to the following individuals selected for the FY14 Army Medical Department Award of the "9A" Proficiency Designator
The "9A" Proficiency Designator is the highest recognition for professional excellence in the Army Medi-cal Department (AMEDD). Candidates for the honor must be eminently qualified to chair a department, division or service, or have attained full professional status and national prominence in their field. This award includes all AMEDD AC, ARNG, and USAR (RC). Please join us in congratulating these outstanding officers and leaders of our Corps.
LTC Bruce Beecher
LTC John Detro
LTC David Hamilton
LTC Roberto Marin
LTC James Pairmore
LTC Patrick Sherman
LTC Bill Soliz
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2015 RAND Arroyo Select Results
Ladies & Gentlemen, On behalf of the SP Corps Chief, the Assistant Corps Chiefs, and the Corps Office, please extend congratu-
lations to MAJ John Pena (65D) who was selected as an AMEDD RAND Arroyo Fellow for AY
2015. This is quite an honor, as he will be placed among the few who earn the opportunity to learn from some of the country's best researchers and apply what they learn to their AMEDD career fields. Fellowships are served at RAND's Arroyo Center Army Research Division locations in Santa Monica, Cali-fornia or Arlington, Virginia.
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New Assistant Chief, SP Corps / 65D Chief, Physician Assistant Section & Physician Assistant Consultant to
The Surgeon General
Ladies & Gentlemen,
I am honored to announce that LTG Patricia Horoho, The Surgeon General (TSG), has selected LTC Jeffrey E. Oliver to serve as the Assistant Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps / 7th Chief of the
Physician Assistant Section and the Physician Assistant Consultant to TSG. He assumed his new responsi-bilities on 1 July 2014. LTC Oliver is currently serving as the SP Allied Health Officer, MEDCOM, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas and will be PCSing this summer to serve as the Deputy Director, Health Care Deliv-ery, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia.
LTC Oliver succeeds COL John E. Balser. COL Balser recently assumed duties as the SP Branch Chief, HRC, Fort Knox, Kentucky. I would like to thank COL Balser for all the outstanding mentorship and support he has provided to the 65D community and to the SP Corps. His accomplishments as the 65D Chief and Consultant to TSG have made a significant impact on multiple initiatives in moving Army Medicine and the Military Health System forward.
Please join me in congratulating LTC Oliver on his selection. Hooah!
1LT Alex Merkle [7234 MSU] maintaining the grave sites at the Doctor Cemetery, Battle of Midway Na-tional Memorial. In the 19th and early 20th century, the physician would embalm the remains of any soldier who passed away until a ship could carry the body back to the mainland. On the occasion when the physician would perish, no one on the atoll knew how to preserve the remains and so they would be interred locally. Follow along the adventure @ destination-uncertain.blogspot.com Old postings from Eareckson Air Station in the Aleutians and Antarctic field camp are still available.
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PA Maintains Grave Site
PA’s celebrate PA Week 2014 abroad
It is one of those few times that two Physician As-sistants are at a small Forward Operating Base (FOB) in eastern Afghanistan. CPT Corey Willems, 1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and CPT Andrew P. Tucker, 2nd Battalion 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) celebrate PA Week at FOB Gamberi.
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Photo above, left, and below submitted by:
CPT Andrew P. Tucker
Fellow SPs, On behalf of the SP Corps Chief, the Physician Assistant Section Chief / Physician Assistant Consultant to TSG, and the SP Corps Leadership Team, congratulations to the following recipient of The Surgeon Gen-eral’s Physician Assistant Recognition Award (TSG-PARA) for 2014:
MAJ L. Kyle Faudree HHC, 160th SOAR (A)
Fort Campbell, KY
Background: The annual TSG-PARA provides personal recognition by TSG to a PA who has made a sig-nificant contribution to military medicine. The award is intended to increase PA motivation for excep-tional job performance. The program applies to all commands, agencies, installations, activities, and organizations having PAs assigned on a full-time basis. Reference: AR 351-3 Please join us in congratulating this outstanding PA and SP officer.
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The Surgeon General’s Physician Assistant Recognition Award (TSG-PARA) for 2014
Training with Industry (TWI), a program established within the US military in 1940, has just assigned its first PA participant to serve a year as a resident intern with NCCPA.
U.S. Army Major Scott Harrison, PA-C joined the NCCPA team in June. While at NCCPA, Harrison will learn the ins-and-outs of certification as he works alongside NCCPA staff in most departments across the or-ganization and aims to become the subject matter expert on certification issues for military PAs. In con-nection with NCCPA supporting organization, the PA History Society, MAJ. Harrison also will research the history of the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP).
“I’m excited about the prospect of learning all I can about what makes the certification process run on a day-to-day basis, and I hope to use the knowledge I will learn over the next year to benefit current and future military PAs,” says Harrison.
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Major Scott Harrison, PA-C, reports for duty as NCCPA’s first PA Intern
Fellow SPs, On behalf of the SP Corps Chief, the Assistant Corps Chiefs, and the Corps Leadership Team, congratula-tions to the following recipient of the CY 2013 LTG Frank Ledford Physician Assistant Post-Graduate Re-search Award:
MAJ Benjamin K. Kocher, D.Sc., PA-C Phase II Clinical Coordinator
Fort Hood, TX BACKGROUND: The Lieutenant General Frank Ledford Award is awarded to the most outstanding active duty physician assistant post-graduate student. Nominees for this award must be certified by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), in good standing with credentials, and a post-graduate student of a Doctor of Science residency program or PhD program
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Lieutenant General Frank Ledford Award
ACTIVE DUTY
MAJ (P) David Bauder
MAJ (P) Thomas Bryant
MAJ (P) Michael Coote
MAJ (P) Owen Hill
MAJ (P) Amy Jackson
MAJ (P) Dejuana Riat
* Below Zone
RESERVE COMPONENT
MAJ (P) Charles Benner (65D)
MAJ (P) Leonard Burgmyer
(65D)
MAJ (P) Ned Coyl (65D)
MAJ (P) William Fox (65D)
MAJ (P) John Fulk (65D)
MAJ (P) Luis Garcia (65D)
* MAJ (P) Linda Hatler (65D)
MAJ (P) George Horsley (65D)
MAJ (P) Derrick Kooker (65D)
MAJ (P) Eric McCoy (65D)
MAJ (P) John Merrell (65D)
MAJ (P) Michael Rice (65D)
MAJ (P) William Walker (65D)
MAJ (P) Travis Weiszhaar (65D)
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Fellow PAs, Please join me in congratulating these outstanding officers on their selection to LTC. Their years of hard work are greatly appreciated.
FY14 65D LTC Promotions
FY14 65D MAJ Promotions
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CPT (P) Patrick Barker (65D)
CPT (P) Stephanie Bocanegra (65D)
CPT (P) Steven Brewer (65D)
CPT (P) Alvaro Calvillo (65D)
CPT (P) Christina Carrigan (65D)
CPT (P) Antonio Chang (65D)
CPT (P) Kimberli Dement (65D)
CPT (P) David Driskell (65D)
CPT (P) William Edmonds (65D)
CPT (P) Chris Gonzalez (65D)
CPT (P) Vivien Guevara (65D)
CPT (P) Matthew Holt (65D)
CPT (P) Michael Hunt (65D)
CPT (P) James Jackson (65D)
CPT (P) Karyn Kagel (65D)
CPT (P) Bryan Kozak (65D)
CPT (P) John Kurtz (65D)
CPT (P) James Lorenz (65D)
CPT (P) Steve McKellar (65D)
CPT (P) Christopher Mercer (65D)
CPT (P) Letrenda Miles (65D)
CPT (P) Amy Moore (65D)
CPT (P) Robert Paden (65D)
CPT (P) Joshua Page (65D)
CPT (P) Ryan Rodriguez (65D)
CPT (P) James Ruley (65D)
CPT (P) Marion Smith (65D)
CPT (P) Sarah Soja (65D)
CPT (P) Andrea Tarrance (65D)
CPT (P) Kerri Van Arnem (65D)
CPT (P) Luis Vidal (65D)
CPT (P) Hugh Waller (65D)
CPT (P) Nathan Williams (65D)
CPT (P) Todd Williams (65D)
CPT (P) James Winstead (65D)
CPT (P) Larry Witham (65D)
Fellow SP Officers,
On behalf of the SP Corps Chief, the Assistant Corps Chiefs, and the SP Corps Leadership Team, congratulations to the follow-
ing active duty individuals selected for Major in FY14:
FY14 65D CPT Promotions
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1LT (P) Acevedo, Valerie (65D)
1LT (P) Acevedo, Victor (65D)
1LT (P) Adams, Jason (65D)
1LT (P) Adkins, Danielle (65D)
1LT (P) Allman, Andrew (65D)
1LT (P) Amsler, James (65D)
1LT (P) Amsler, Rasheedah (65D)
1LT (P) Bendall, Andrews (65D)
1LT (P) Blackwell, Jennifer (65D)
1LT (P) Bookston, Gregory (65D)
1LT (P) Brady, Dennis (65D)
1LT (P) Bucholz, Alan (65D)
1LT (P) Canny, Terrence (65D)
1LT (P) Carius, Brandon (65D)
1LT (P) Carroll, Brandon (65D)
1LT (P) Clawson, Bethany (65D)
1LT (P) Destefano, Andrew (65D)
1LT (P) Domenech, Simon (65D)
1LT (P) Drammeh, Momodoulam (65D)
1LT (P) Ernst, John (65D)
1LT (P) Gang, Charles (65D)
1LT (P) Grace, Jeffrey (65D)
1LT (P) Grambusch, Donald (65D)
1LT (P) Gural, Jason (65D)
1LT (P) Hawkins, Jennifer (65D)
1LT (P) Hicks, Matthew (65D)
1LT (P) Hunter, Tyson (65D)
1LT (P) Jacob, Margaret (65D)
1LT (P) Jones, Peter (65D)
1LT (P) Joseph, Tania (65D)
Fellow SP Officers, On behalf of the SP Corps Chief, the Assistant Corps Chiefs, and the Corps Leadership Team, congratula-tions to the following individuals selected for Captain in FY14:
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1LT (P) Katoski, Timothy (65D)
1LT (P) Kaufman, Travis (65D)
1LT (P) Kelly, Sloan (65D)
1LT (P) King, Jordan (65D)
1LT (P) Luongo, Chelsea (65D)
1LT (P) Marks, Mitchell (65D)
1LT (P) Marshall, Matthew (65D)
1LT (P) Montgomery, Jennifer (65D)
1LT (P) Morrow, Christopher (65D)
1LT (P) Mueller, Christopher (65D)
1LT (P) Oliver, Tamarrah (65D)
1LT (P) Penebacker, Brandon (65D)
1LT (P) Perez, Daniel (65D)
1LT (P) Reaney, Scott (65D)
1LT (P) Reece, Lucas (65D)
1LT (P) Richard, Karl (65D)
1LT (P) Schider, Evan (65D)
1LT (P) Silveri, Katherine (65D)
1LT (P) Stuart, Dustin (65D)
1LT (P) Swafford, Meghan (65D)
1LT (P) Udaze, Steven (65D)
1LT (P) Vanderlugt, Matthew (65D)
1LT (P) Vandermaarel, Vince (65D)
1LT (P) Vanier, Katherine (65D)
1LT (P) Westmorelan, Richard (65D)
1LT (P) Willett, Benjamin (65D)
1LT (P) Wimmer, Derek (65D)
1LT (P) Winterroth, Stephen (65B)
As our Society continues to reach into the new age and advances, it is exciting to announce that
SAPA has adopted and is beginning to transition into Office and Position specific email addresses. For
years it has always been somewhat problematic when new officers take their elected positions and
Committee Chairs their appointed positions to get the line of communication re-established and flowing
smoothly. This is being resolved with the establishment of permanent Office and Position specific email
addresses. No longer will everyone have to relearn the email of the new President-Elect or forget to up-
date their contact list as a new President-Elect is seated. No longer as the President-Elect transitions
into the position of President or as the President becomes the Immediate Past President will contact
lists and distribution lists have to be updated. Also, with the many contacts outside our Society, i.e.,
AAPA, NCCPA, Vet Caucus, etc., communication will not be broken as the email address for the contact
person remains the same. T
he only thing changing is the person accessing that email account. Or as a once popular TV series
stated, ‘only the names are changed to protect the innocent’. So as ‘Joe Friday” stated, “we want the
facts and just the facts”, here are the facts: SAPA is beginning to transition to an Office/Position based
email system.
As the Officers and Committee Chairs come on board with this, the email for that position on the
website will be changed to reflect the permanent email address for that position. So far 10 of the 18
(and hopefully, by the time of this publication, all 18) email accounts have been assigned to the appro-
priate Office/Position and is being used by that Office/Position personnel. Below is the list of emails, I
encourage all SAPA members, non-members, interested parties to begin using these email addresses for
continuity of communications.
If you need the assistance of any of the BOD or Committee Chair, please address your communica-
tion to the appropriate email as listed above.
Respectfully Stephen W. Ward, MPAS, PA-C (Ret)
Chair, IT Committee
SAPA IT Information Emails for SAPA BOD
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Any members may self declare for any of the offices of the Board of Directors prior to and including at the annual SAPA business meeting, this year to be held April 23, 2015, during the annual SAPA confer-
ence. You do not have to be present at the conference to self declare for office. If you would like to ap-ply for any of the offices you may send your information and your desires to the executive director, Paul
Lowe.
Requirements for holding an office with the Society of Army Physicians Assistants is to be a current fel-low member in good standing with the society, and to be a current fellow member of the AAPA.
The offices that will be open for 2015 2016 are as follows:
President Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Director for Active Duty
Director for Reserve Component
Director of National Guard Component
Director of Retired Members Component
If you are interested in running for any of these offices please forward that information to Paul Lowe at
[email protected] or [email protected]
Call for Candidates for the 2015/2016 Society of Army Physicians Assistants Board of Directors
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In the following pages is information pertaining to this years SAPA Conference that is held at Fayette-ville, NC. The announcement of the conference will be mailed out in the next few days, but it will not include a preliminary schedule. If you need that for your employer to show them the agenda for the schedule, you can either print the one that's here or please let Mr. Potter know and he will have one
printed and mail it to you. If you have any questions please contact him at [email protected]
Registrations can be sent in to:
PO Box 623, Monmouth, IL, 61462, or fax to 309-734-4489.
Here is the link for the conference registration form:
http://sapa.org/Registation%20Form%202015.pdf
Currently the link to the conference schedule is not working on the website.
2015 SAPA Conference
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SAPA Chaplain [email protected]
SAPA Conference Coordinator [email protected]
SAPA Director AD Component [email protected]
SAPA Director NG Component [email protected]
SAPA Director Reserves Component [email protected]
SAPA Director Retired Component [email protected]
SAPA Executive Director [email protected]
SAPA Sean Grimes Scholarship Award [email protected]
SAPA Immediate Past President [email protected]
SAPA Info/Tech (Geeky/Techy Squad) [email protected]
SAPA Membership Director [email protected]
SAPA Moderator Coordinator [email protected]
SAPA Newsletter Editor [email protected]
SAPA President [email protected]
SAPA President Elect [email protected]
SAPA SALES/Merchandise [email protected]
SAPA Secretary [email protected]
SAPA Treasurer [email protected]
List of SAPA Office/Position Specific Email Addresses
Hello SAPA Members and all others.
Well, the editor tells me that it is time to get this article done to be included in the December issue of the SAPA Newsletter.
As I have been watching the news lately and seeing all the things happening around the world, ISIS, ISIL, the continued trouble in Israel, the barbaric treatment of people, and then the epidemic of these killer virus’ in Africa (Ebola) and now two cases in the USA and this unknown virus that is sickening our children and now some have died from it, I am reminded that we the Physician Assistant, we are on the front lines again and again in med-ical care. And it does not matter if you are in AD uniform, Reserve uniform, NG Uniform, GS uniform, VA uniform or retired uniform, we are in this together.
One thing always impressed me before retirement, to me a vacation was, and still is, a time when I did not have to make the decisions. I realized that I needed a break from the day to day decision making process that affected the lives of my patients. Even now, though clinically retired, I have ‘patients’ asking for advice. What I am getting at is this: We, as PA’s, are always on the front lines. Because of our decision to be in medicine, we can nev-er really retire. I have said before that we have made a decision to enter into a field of endeavor that is likened to a lifelong ministry to others. You see, the very idea and concept of ministry is the self-less act of putting others ahead of ourselves. So when we entered the Ministry of Health Givers, we made that decision to put other people ahead of ourselves in other to accomplish our mission. You know what I mean, how many of you have, gone with-out lunch or dinner, gone into the clinic early or stayed late, spent all day in the OR and then held clinic, cancelled family plans, cancelled vacations; all that in order to properly care for ‘your patient’? Therefore, this profession that we love is a Ministry in Health.
You give and give and give. You also need to take some time to rest and refresh, to look inward and ask the deep questions of why you do this. Then wait, be still. There is a verse in the Holy Scriptures that says, Be Still and Know that I Am God! Whether you understand this or not, your life has a plan bigger than yourself. Be Still and Know that miracle you saw happen in one of your patients who got better when all odds were against them, the miracle of that small cherished bundle of joy that you placed in the mother’s arms for the first time. Be Still and Know those miracles were not and are not just accidents of fate.
Be Still and Know that you are a Minister of Health and that ministry was given to you by the Creator, the Great Physician, the author and finisher of all medical knowledge.
Respectfully Your Servant
Stephen W. Ward, MPA, PA-C (Ret)
Maj. USA (RET)
SAPA Chaplain
Part of the duties of being the Chaplain includes being there for any and all members of our Society year round. As such, my contact infor-mation is found on our website and just to make it easy: [email protected].
Chaplain’s Corner
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Fellow PA’s,
What a crazy year 2014 has been. It has come and gone
with such a flurry that it is hard to recap all the excite-
ment that has happened to our beloved Corp. Hopeful-
ly this latest edition was able to put out some of the ac-
complishments that PA’s have been doing and prepar-
ing to do.
I look back and reflect on all that has been done this last
year and I hope that 2015 will continue the trend of PA
excellence.
I am happy to say that during 2014 I was able to help my
family and friends and meet new and exciting people.
This can be seen in the pictures that were taken at the
last Fort Drum MEDDAC Ball held at Bonnie Castle Re-
sort in beautiful Alexandria Bay, New York.
Lets make 2015 a extremely memorable year!!
EDITOR’s NOTES
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TOP L: My wife and I getting ready for the ball.
MID L: 1LT Alexander Rivera & I enjoying the ball.
BOTTOM L: Getting a picture with the Surgeon General:
LTG Patricia Horoho
BELOW: A glimpse of good ol’ Fort Drum weather
SAPA POCs
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SAPA OFFICERS
PRESIDENT Frank Piper, PA-C
Email: [email protected]
PRESIDENT ELECT Patrick Malone, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected]
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Sherry L. Womack, Lieutenant Colonel, SP, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected]
SECRETARY Karen McMillan, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
TREASURER James L. Miller, PA-C
E-mail - [email protected]
DIRECTOR, ACTIVE DUTY ARMY PA’s Winnie Paul, MAJ, PA-C, U.S. Army
E-mail: [email protected]
DIRECTOR, US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PA’s Roger Lovelace, PA-C,
E-mail: [email protected]
DIRECTOR, US ARMY RESERVE PA’s Tonya Moore, LTC, PA-C
E-Mail: [email protected]
RETIRED COMPONENT DIRECTOR Robert Thompson, Jr., PA-C
E-Mail: [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Steven L. Briggs, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Paul W. Lowe, PA-C
P O Box 4068, Waynesville, MO 65583 Phone and Fax - (573) 528-2307 / (888) 711-8543
E-mail - [email protected]
SAPA CONFERENCE STAFF
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR:
Bob Potter, PA-C
PO Box 623
Monmouth, IL 61462
SAPA Voice Line: 309-734-5446 or 309-337-3134
Fax: 309-734-4489
E-mail: [email protected]
CONFERENCE REGISTRAR:
Bob Potter, PA-C
Info for Bob Potter same as immediately above
ASST. CONFERNECE COORDINATOR:
Patrick E. Malone, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected]
Karen Reedy, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected]
LCDR Irwin Fish, PA-C
Email: [email protected]
CO-REGISTRAR
Judy Potter
DECORUM AND MORALE
Nicole Potter
E-mail: [email protected]
SALES AND MARKETING
Bob Egbert, PA-C
Email: [email protected]
Tom Matherly, PA-C
Email: [email protected]
MODERATORS/AUDIO/VISUAL
LCDR Irwin Fish, PA-C
SAPA POCs
SAPA JOURNAL STAFF Editor
1LT Christopher M. Mueller, PA-C E-mail: [email protected]
COMMITTEES
SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS LTC (Ret.) Donald Parsons, PA-C (Chair)
COL (Ret.) Sherry Morrey, PA-C CW4 (Ret.) Marvin W. Cole, PA-C COL (Ret.) Donald Black, SP, PA-C
- Mr. Black is POC for Captain Sean P. Grimes Physician
Assistant Educational Scholarship Award E-mail: [email protected]
SAPA HISTORIAN
William Long, PA-C
MINORITY AFFAIRS Karen McMillan, PA-C
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Harold E. Slusher, PA-C
PROFESSIONAL WELLNESS Michael Champion, PA-C
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS Harold E. Slusher, PA-C
DELEGATES TO AAPA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Frank Piper, Jr., PA-C (Chief Delegate) LTC Sherry Womack
Bob Potter, PA-C Mike Hollopeter (Alternate)
Winnie Paul (Alternate)
ACADEMY LIASON COL Pauline Gross, SP, PA-C
E-mail: [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONICS Stephen Ward, PA-C
Irvin Fish, PA-C Bob Potter, PA-C
SAPA ADDRESS SOCIETY OF ARMY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
P O Box 4068, Waynesville, MO., 65583
SAPA Web Page http://www.sapa.org
(Webmaster: Orie Potter)
DISCLAIMER This is not an Official Army Publication
The SAPA Journal is the official publication of the Society
of Army Physician Assistants. The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the edi-
tors, SAPA, the SAPA Board of Directors or the Depart-ment of the Army unless explicitly expressed as such.
SUBMISSIONS The SAPA Journal staff and SAPA Board of Directors en-courages membership participation in this publication.
Feel free to use this forum to present your views on any
topic you desire. The publication of clinical articles on any subject is also solicited, however, to reduce our
workload, we do request articles be presented typed, double-spaced format, and on CD, Microsoft Word for-
mat.
The editor reserves the right of final acceptance of arti-cles as well as the right to serialize articles which are too
lengthy to be included in a single issue.
Articles will be accepted via email.
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