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Graduate Of 1984
Mary B. Stegman, MD
Chief of Medical Services
Medical Director
Hope Hospice & Community Services
9470 Health Park Circle
Fort Myers, FL 33908
(239) 849-6050 (Phone)
(239) 985-7781 (Secured Fax)
mary.stegman@hopehospice.org
 
Message for the Students of SHSU
 
I graduated from Spartan Health Sciences University in December of 1984. I participated in the Match and was placed at Brown University Hospitals in Rhode Island where I completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology in 1991. After completion of post-graduate training, I moved to Florida and was the Medical Director of a large hospice, then I had a private practice in pain management. I am boarded in Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine and certified in Pain Medicine and Pain Management and am board eligible in Hematology and Oncology. Currently I am the Chief of Medical Services of a large hospice (average daily census >1000), End-of-Life Chairman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice Florida and a medical missionary for Helping Hands Medical Missions. We returned from the Amazon the first of July. I live on a beautiful island in Florida. As a child I always wished that I had been born a boy so I could go to medical school. I thank Spartan Health Sciences University for making my dream come true.

Mary
 
 
Graduate Of 1985
Richard Stanford, MD
Acting Chairman- Department of Pediatrics
Integris Baptist Medical Center
3500 Northwest, 56th Street,
Suite # 100
Oklahoma City
OK 73112
(405) 945-4795 (Phone)
(405) 945-4530 (Fax)
 
Just to update you on my status, I have held the following position:
  • Ex- Chairman- Department of Pediatrics at the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
  • Pediatrics Residency at the University of Oklahoma
  • Currently Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.
  • Attending Pediatric Physician at the GREAT PLAINS FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM in Oklahoma City.
  • Member of the American medical Association
  • Fellow – American Academy of Pediatrics, Society of Critical Care Medicine.
  • Certified by American Board of Pediatrics
  • Invited as guest lecturer at Medimune Pharmaceutical, Gaithersburg, MD
Advice for students....study, study, study and do well on USMLE exams.

Richard Stanford
 
 
 
 
Graduate Of 1989
Mark William Viner, MD
480 Galletti Way
Sparks, Nevada 89431
Phone: 775-688-2001
Fax: 775-688-2192
Email: MarkVinerMD@gmail.com
 

 A Diplomate - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (1998-2018), Dr. Viner is licensed to practice in Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Connecticut. He completed his education at Spartan in 1989 and thereafter has risen to great heights in the field of Psychiatry.

He is currently the Chief of Staff, Senior Staff Psychiatrist for the State of Nevada Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services, NNAMHS, besides serving asClinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of Nevada.

He holds membership with the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, American College of Physicians and  the American Association of Suicidology. He is on the Advisory Board of Directors for American Health Care, Inc., Roseville, California. He actively contributes as a journal reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

  Dr .Viner has won the Exemplary Psychiatrist  Award at National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Nevada (2008); the Governor’s Citation, State of Maryland, 17th Annual Youth Suicide Prevention Program (2005); Exemplary Psychiatrist Award at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Connecticut, (1994).

Dr. Viner is a great supporter for mental health, having written the book, "Suicide," and having made many appearances both within the State of Nevada and all around the country.   Still he claims that it's tough to be recognized as one who studies the most terrible act one can take, that being taking one's own life.   He says mental illnesses are such a serious topic, he admits there's much work to be done on erasing the stigma.

 
 
 
Graduate Of 1995
Irfan Saeed, MD
 

   I graduated from SHSU in 1995, the education I received from Spartan helped me to pass my boards right away. I became a Chief Resident of my residency program at Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow NY. After completing my residency I joined the United States Air force as a Captain and became Medical Director, soon promoted to be Major and Chief of C&L services. I served during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflict; after completing my active duty tour in 2005, I joined Laurel Regional Hospital, Maryland as Medical Director. Now I am a Chief Psychiatrist at Baltimore City Correction Center and responsible to manage part of 11.5 million budget through MHM, inc.   All this is due to the excellent education and training I received through Spartan.

Thanks.

Irfan

 
Graduate Of 2001

Prima Foster, M.D.
Dr. Prima Foster has joined The Bardley Center as a hospitalist, enabling The Bradley Center to treat the medical conditions of inpatients while also caring for their behavioral health needs.
Previously, patients with medical conditions were treated at a medical hospital not specializing in behavioral issues.Dr. Foster will care for all inpatients at The Bradley Center, including children, adolescents, adults, senior adults and militry personnel.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan., Dr. Foster later earned her medical degree at Spartan Health Sceince University in the West Indies.

She then completed a family practice residency at the University of Texas, medical branch.

Dr. Foster practiced emergency medicine part-time in St. Francis’ Emergency Department-Fast Track prior to joining The Bradley Center.
 
 
Graduate Of 2002

Reid H. Wilson, M.D.
Dr. Wilson was born in Brunswick, Georgia, and attended undergraduate college at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. In 2002, he graduated from the Spartan Health Sciences University in Vieux Fort, St Lucia with a medical degree. Dr. Wilson completed his internship in General Surgery at the University of Kentucky and in June, 2008, completed his Residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Department Of Orthopedic Surgery, Lexington, Kentucky.

Dr. Wilson has completed research in several areas including a poster for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2006, titled “Distal Radioulnar Joint Arthroscopy” and co-authored research titled “Pelvic Fixation in Neuromuscular Spine”. He was a Research Fellow with the University of Kentucky Department of Orthopedics in 2003 on “Biomechanic Lab Study the Effect of alterations in Bone Turnover Rate on the Mechanical Competence of Bone”. Dr. Wilson was the recipient of the Best Resident Research Presentation from the Kentucky Orthopedic Society in September, 2006.

Dr. Wilson is an orthopedic surgeon trained in techniques which will bring relief to a generation of active adults who find their movements limited by wear and tear, as well as by arthritis. He utilizes two leading edge procedures called the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System and the journey Deuce Partial Knee Replacement. In both cases, he is able to repair certain knee and hip injuries using partial implants. He also treats the full range of orthopedic problems, including shoulder, ankle and sports medicine.
 
 
 
Graduate Of 2004

Aaron S Cusimano, M.D.
Medical Director
1MedicalKnowledge.com
Orlando, Florida 32806
Florida State University, B.A., History, Psychology
The George Washington University, B.S., Biological Sciences
M.D., Spartan Health Sciences University (2004)
Atlanta Medical Center Medical Research Program
Fellow:  (Internal Medicine) Atlanta PMI Research Group.
Member of the Atlanta Board of Medicine.
Medical Director, 1MedicalKnowledge.

Graduating from Spartan Health Sciences University with my medical doctorate degree enabled me to be involved with medical research with several bio-pharmaceutical global corporations. With my medical degree and scientific background I was involved with the clinical trials, phase I-IV, with Novartis, Takeda, Boehringeer Ingelheim, Pfizer, and Merk. I most recently presented the findings of the clinical studies for the new protocols sponsored by Boeringer Ingelheim. The protocols just completed phase IV were for the treatments of Parkinson's Disease and Restless Leg Syndrome.
In 2005 I created a network of physicians worldwide who would be able to communicate with each other and their patients. This start-up company known as, 1MedicalKnowledge.com allowed the physician to "virtually" see many more patients and thus treat more patients in a given work day. The software would also allow the patients to "see" their doctors from the convenience of their home at a time suitable for the patient. Currently, 785 physicians from around the world are involved with the network treating over 5000 patients a day. 1MedicalKnowledge.com is now one of the fastest growing companies on the Internet today. Without my medical degree and training from Spartan Health Sciences University none of this would have been possible. Spartan enabled me to bring my ambitions and goals to reality.       
 
 
 
 
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