2023 KCU Homecoming CME Event

Dennis Abbott, DDS Related Seminars and Products

Director, Pre-Doctoral Curriculum and Integrated Learning; Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine

Kansas City University

Dennis M. Abbott, DDS, received his dental degree from the Baylor College of Dentistry and advanced training in periodontics, immunology and microbiology at the University of Buffalo. He has greater than 25 years’ experience in delivering direct patient care. Dr. Abbott’s expertise is the link between oral health and systemic health, and he is passionate about developing and delivering the optimal oral health care to individuals battling cancer.  Most recently, he has focused on the benefits realized from orally delivered antioxidants on medication- and radiation-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.  As the Director, Pre-Doctoral Curriculum and Integrated Learning and Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine, Dr. Abbott is also interested in optimizing learning strategies for the predoctoral learner in dental education and the advantages of an integrated dental curriculum.

Dennis M. Abbott, DDS, discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Abbott can be reached at dabbott@kansascity.edu or 417-208-0790.

Margaret I. Aguwa, DO, MPH, FACOFP Related Seminars and Products

Associate Dean and Professor Emerita; Chairperson Emeritia

MSUCOM and MSU Department of Family and Community Medicine

Dr. Margaret Aguwa completed her medical degree at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1973. After her internship at Tri-County Hospital in Philadelphia, she did a year of surgical residency in New York before joining a Family Practice group in Queens, NY. In1976, she accepted a faculty position at Michigan State University in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the College of Osteopathic Medicine. She attained full Professorship in 1991 and eventually became Chairperson of the Dept. in 2000. She was named Associate Dean for Community Outreach and Clinical Research in 2005. Over the years of her service at MSU, she held various positions including: Chairperson, University Medical Credentials and Privileges Committee; Director, Medical Internship Training; Faculty Excellence Advocate, representing the College of Osteopathic Medicine; Director, Departmental Clinical Enterprise; Deputy Medical Examiner, Ingham County Health Department; and also served as a US Civil Surgeon.

In 1992, Dr. Aguwa produced an instructional video-tape on Breast Self-examination. The video-tape titled “Breast Self-examination: A Touch of life” received a Merit Award from the American Cancer Society.  

In 2000, Dr. Aguwa founded the OsteoCHAMPS program as a health career pipeline for high school students from communities of need in Michigan. Dr. Aguwa was honored by the Detroit News Board of Directors as a Michiganian of the Year 2007. 

Dr. Aguwa is board certified in: Family Medicine; Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and has diplomate certificates in Health Policy (AOA) and Academic Medicine Leadership (Costin Institute).  She is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

Retired from MSU in 2014 after 37 years of service, Dr. Aguwa authored numerous articles and book chapters; served on the editorial boards of the British Medical Journal-USA and The Johns Hopkins University Journal for Advances in Medicine. She was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and helped to write the seminal principles on the training of primary care physicians and dentists throughout the United States. The “Dr. Margaret Aguwa Endowed Scholarship” at MSU helps support deserving MSUCOM students in financial need.

From 2014 till 2017, she served as the Medical Director for the Senior Community Care of Michigan, a PACE program in the Lansing community.

Married to Okechukwu Aguwa, PhD, Dr. Aguwa is a proud mother of two surviving sons and is Gigi to her 5 year old grandson, Dominick.    

Margaret I. Aguwa, BA, DO, MPH, FACOFP, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Aguwa can be reached at maguwa44@gmail.com or 517-881-7212.

Natalie Alexander, DO Related Seminars and Products

Family Physician

Cone Health

Natalie Alexander, DO, is board certified in family medicine. Her professional interests include women’s health, family planning, LGBTQ+ health and bioethics.

Compassionate and understanding, she embraces a collaborative approach to caring for her patients in order to meet her patients’ goals. She believes it is her job to listen to patients, evaluate their situation and provide the best advice she can based on sound medical evidence.

With a background in ethics, including a related master’s degree from Kansas City University and participation on the Cone Health ethics committee, she believes it is beneficial to have an academic understanding plus real world experience when it comes to tackling ethical situations in a compassionate manner. She is particularly interested in issues around reproductive/sexual health and end of life care.

In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, camping and horseback riding. 

Natalie Alexander, DO, discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Alexander can be reached at Natalie.alexander@conehealth.com.

Rex Archer, MD, MPH Related Seminars and Products

Professor and Director of Population and Public Health

Kansas City University

Rex D. Archer, MD, MPH, is the Director of Population and Public Health and Professor for Curriculum and Integrated Learning at the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University.                             

Retired from KCMO after 23 years as Director of Health for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. He was responsible for safeguarding the public health of nearly half a million residents and a daytime population of almost one million. He presently serves as Chair of the international Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and as a member of the Past President Council of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

Dr. Archer has served on numerous national committees involved with public health including most recently the Council of Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation.

Under Dr. Archer’s leadership, the Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department is, to date, the only health department in the country to win NACCHO’s Local Health Department of the Year award more than once! They are also one of a handful to have earned both PHAB national reaccreditation, and to have led their community to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Prize. 

Dr. Archer completed his medical degree at the University of Kansas and his General Preventive Medicine Public Health Residency and Master’s in Public Health degree at the University of Michigan. He is recognized as a Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar by UCLA/CDC. He has served as Physician in Charge of Employee Health Programs for the Ford Motor Company and has held local and state public health positions in Maryland.

Dr. Archer was the recipient of the 2013 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work. The award is the top honor given annually to a local health director by the more than 25,000 members of the American Public Health Association.

In July of 2018, Dr. Archer received NACCHO’s Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of Service Award for noteworthy service to NACCHO that has reflected the commitment, vigor, and leadership exemplified by Mo Mullet’s distinguished career.

Rex D. Archer, MD, MPH,, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Archer can be reached at rarcher@kansascity.edu.  

Amy Beck, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Professor of Pediatrics and Child Psychologist, Weight Management

Children's Mercy-Kansas City and UMKC

Amy Beck, PhD, is a Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and a Pediatric Psychologist in the Weight Management Program at the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Her professional interests include health equity, weight bias/stigma, and the clinical implementation of yoga (she became a registered yoga teacher in 2016).  At Children’s Mercy, Dr. Beck works with the Office of Equity and Diversity and is a Health Equity Advisor to her Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health and a DEI Champion with the Department of Pediatrics.  At the state and national levels, she is involved with the Missouri Psychological Association as the Diversity Board Chair and Advocacy Board Chair, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Society of Pediatric Psychology as the Division Advocacy Partner with APA, and the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Beck discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Beck can be reached at drbeckadvocates@gmail.com.  

Wendi Born, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Clinical Associate Professor

University of Kansas

Wendi Born, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and an Assistant Director of the Family Medicine Clerkship. She has been a member of the faculty since 2010. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University. Her postdoctoral training is in clinical health psychology, which includes palliative care. Her teaching seeks to raise awareness of social determinants of health, recognize and counteract bias, and encourage the practice of patient-centered care. Her current career goal is to provide and teach integrated primary care in inter-professional teams involving learners at all levels. Her clinical approach is primarily Cognitive Behavioral, supplemented with interventions that facilitate adaptive change by honoring the whole person. In both her teaching and her clinical work, she endorses an approach of self-acceptance and values-based decision-making.

Alan Cornett, DO Related Seminars and Products

Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Physician

Orthopedic Surgeons Inc. (OSI)

Alan Cornett, DO, joined OSI in 2012 after working in private practice in Midwest City, Okla. He is a graduate of the orthopedic surgery residency program through Kansas City University/St. Mary’s Medical Center, and worked with the surgeons at OSI.

He graduated from medical school at the Oklahoma State University Center of Health Sciences in Tulsa, Okla. His undergraduate work was completed at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He also spent time at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, where he played football for the Rangers. He enjoys and is skilled in all aspects of orthopedics, including anterior approach total hip replacements.

Dr. Cornett is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery, and is an assistant professor of surgery with the Kansas City University.

Athletics have always played an integral role in his life. In high school, he was the quarterback for a state championship football team. In his spare time, he roots for his beloved Sooners, golfs, travels and enjoys spending time with his family. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two children.

Alan Cornett, DO, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Cornett can be reached at acornett@osikc.com or 816-459-7500.

W. Josh Cox, DO Related Seminars and Products

Executive Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vice Provost for Medical Affairs

Kansas City University

Dr. W. Joshua Cox is the Executive Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and Vice Provost for Medical Affairs at Kansas City University (KCU). He began his career as a family physician for the U.S. Army and in 2006 joined the KCU faculty. During his tenure at the university, he has served in a number of capacities, including Professor of Family Medicine, Chair of Primary Care, Associate Dean of Clinical Education, COM Campus Dean for Kansas City, and interim Director of campus health and well-being. He has also organized and participated in numerous KCU global health outreach trips to Kenya, Dominican Republic, and India. Additionally, he has served as a supervising physician for the Score One for Health program.

Dr. Cox earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from KCU-COM, and is residency trained and board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. He is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), and in 2019 was awarded the Osteopathic Family Medicine Educator of the Year Award. Dr. Cox is a national faculty member for both the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners and the American Academy of Family Physicians, and has given numerous invited presentations nationally and internationally. He received the Army Commendation Medal for his services in Family Practice and has received other awards such as the Ingram’s magazine Heroes in Healthcare Award in 2017, and in 2022 both the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Medallion Award, and the KC Business Journal-20 Healthcare professionals to know.

He has served on numerous professional boards and committees, a few examples include the Guadalupe Center Inc. Board, AACOM Board of Deans, Board of Directors of DOCARE International, Missouri Society of the ACOFP Board of Governors, the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) Commission on Education, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) Congress of Delegates, and multiple National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners Standard Setting Committees.

Jayme Decker, DO Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Professor-Primary Care

Kansas City University

Jayme Decker, DO is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Kansas City University recently joining KCU in March of 2023. She is dual board certified in family medicine by the ABOFP and ABFM. She completed an undergraduate fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulation in 2013 and graduated from KCU in 2014. She completed her family medicine residency at UMKC Truman Lakewood in 2017. Prior to coming to KCU she worked in a private family medicine practice for the last 6 yrs. She enjoyed taking care of patients in a rural setting and serving as Vice Chief and Chief of Staff for Cass Regional Medical Center from 2020-2022. She has a strong interest in preventative medicine and women's health.

Jayme Decker, DO, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Decker can be reached at jdecker@kansascity.

Mitchell Forman, DO, FACR, FACOI, MACP, FRCP Related Seminars and Products

Professor of Medicine and Program Director for Rheumatology Fellowship

UNLV School of Medicine

Mitchell D. Forman, DO, FACR, FACOI, MACP, FRCP, received his DO from The Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1973. He completed his rotating internship and 1st year of Internal Medicine residency at Green Cross General Hospital and completed his Internal Medicine residency at The Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital. He was the 1st DO to be accepted and to complete a Rheumatology Fellowship at State University of New York & Downstate Medical Center where he remained as a Faculty Member. He subsequently relocated to the University of North Texas Health Science Center as a Faculty Member rising to Associate Professor and Dean/VP of Student Services. He continued to practice Rheumatology at there. He relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada and had the honor of being the Founding Dean of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, the President of the Clark County Medical Society and Nevada State Medical Association, the 1st practicing physician in Nevada to be awarded the prestigious Mastership of the American College of Physicians (MACP) and, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) while continuing to practice Rheumatology. He subsequently became Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the UNLV School of Medicine, where he is currently the Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program tasked with applying for approval of the 1st Rheumatology Fellowship in the State of Nevada and June 2023 became the President of the Clark County Medical Society for the 2nd time.

Mitchell D. Forman, DO, FACR, FACOI, MACP, FRCP, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Forman can be reached at mforman577@aol.com or 702-354-6234.

Mark Gendi, DO Related Seminars and Products

Orthopedic Surgery Resident

KCU-GME Consortium/HCA Midwest-Osteopathic Surgeons Inc.

Dr. Mark Gendi is a KCU alumni who graduated in 2019, and is currently a 5^th year resident in the KCU/HCA Orthopedic Surgery Residency program.

Mark Gendi, DO, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Sharon Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Research, College of Dental Medicine,

Kansas City University

Sharon M. Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD, earned her dental degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and completed a two-year hospital-based residency program at the Medical Center Hospital in San Antonio prior to joining the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Over her 13-year tenure at NIH, she provided dental care for medically complex patients in NIH’s Clinical Center and earned an MPH in Epidemiology and PhD in Clinical Investigation, both from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Gordon’s expertise centers on the mechanisms of pain and analgesia, with an emphasis on clinical and population-based research. Over the past several years her work has evolved to focus on the evidential basis of pain management highlighting diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic facial pain. Most recently, Dr. Gordon served as a contributor to the most recent Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health and the development of the national Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Dental Pain, supported by the American Dental Association and the Food and Drug Administration.

Sharon M. Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD, discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Gordon can be reached at sgordon@kansascity.edu.

Benjamin Grin, MD, MPH Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Professor of Primary Care

Kansas City University

Benjamin Grin, MD, MPH, received his MD from Tufts University School of Medicine, and he completed Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He received his MPH from Brown University. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Primary Care at KCU, where he teaches clinical skills to 1st and 2nd year medical students and is involved in expanding public health training within the medical school. He is the Chief Medical Officer of the Kansas City, MO Health Department (KCHD), where he provides strategic leadership for KCHD’s clinical programs and serves as a key member of the leadership team. He maintains an active clinical practice at the KC CARE Health Center; his clinical work includes primary care, HIV care, and care for patients with substance use disorders.

Benjamin Grin, MD, MPH has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Grin can be reached at bgrin@kansascity.edu.

Marc Hahn, DO, FAOCA, DO Related Seminars and Products

Kansas City University

Marc B. Hahn, DO, was appointed the 14th president and CEO of Kansas City University (KCU) in July 2013. He previously served as the University’s executive vice president, provost and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM). Founded in 1916, KCU is the home of two medical school locations (KC and Joplin, MO) and a graduate school with multiple science and health professions programs.

Previously, Dr. Hahn served as senior vice president and dean for the University of New England, as well as the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He was chief of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care and professor of Anesthesiology at the Penn State College of Medicine, where he served as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

Dr. Hahn earned a BS in Biology from Syracuse University and a DO from Des Moines University. He completed an anesthesiology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a fellowship in pain management at National Institutes of Health and Georgetown University. He held the position of chief of pain management at Walter Reed and the Uniformed Services University. While in the Army, he served as anesthesiologist for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

Notably in the past, Dr. Hahn was the president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine; chair of the Board of Deans for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and co-chair for the Blue-Ribbon Commission for the Advancement of Osteopathic Medical Education; Medicaid commission member to the Governor of Texas; planning member for National Academy of Medicine Report on Graduate Medical Education and trustee for Rockhurst University.  He is currently a member of the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City; serves on the board of directors for the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City Area Development Council and is a Trustee of MRIGlobal (Midwest Research Institute).

Sarah Hampl, MD Related Seminars and Products

Professor of Pediatrics

Children's Mercy-Kansas City and UMKC

Dr. Sarah Hampl is board certified in Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine and is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of MO-Kansas City School of Medicine. She provides clinical care and is the Director of Advocacy initiatives at the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, a partnership between Children’s Mercy and the University of Kansas Medical Center. She leads federally funded research on family-based behavioral treatment in primary care and patient attrition from obesity treatment. Dr. Hampl was the chair of the writing committee for the AAP’s clinical practice guideline on childhood obesity.

Dr. Hampl, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Hampl can be reached at shampl@cmh.edu or 816-234-9231.   

Ronald Holt, DO, MPA, MA, DLFAPA Related Seminars and Products

Student Health Physician, KCU Adjunct Assistant Professor

San Francisco State University

Ronald Holt, DO, is a board-certified psychiatrist, author, and national speaker. For over two decades, Holt has been a relentless advocate and educator on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and civil rights. In 2008, Holt expanded his presentations nationally to include LGBTQ+ healthcare, the consequences of bullying, and suicide risk reduction. He has presented to hundreds of audiences, including physician audiences, on how to provide culturally competent care to the LGBTQ+ community.

Holt, along with his husband, William Huggett, MD, have published a self-help book and supportive coloring books for the LGBTQ+ community.

He has received several awards across the country for his community service and commitment to diversity. In the late 2000s, Holt received his previous employer’s David Lawrence community service award and RJ Erickson diversity achievement award, making him the first physician within Kaiser Permanente to receive both awards in the individual category.

In 2022, he was elevated to Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and graduated from SFSU with a MA degree in Sexuality.

His master’s thesis was original research entitled, “The Impact of Rural Geography on Sexual Identity.” In addition to being a KCU Adjunct Assistant Professor, Holt currently practices as a student health physician at San Francisco State University.

Ronald Holt, DO, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Holt can be reached at drrholt@gmail.com.

Alex Hopkins, MEd Related Seminars and Products

Director of Alumni Engagement

Kansas City University

Alex Hopkins, M.Ed., is the Executive Director of Alumni Engagement at Kansas City University.  He has been with Kansas City University for five years, and has a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. He is skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Budgeting, Sales, Event Management, and Volunteer Management. He has a Master's degree focused in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration from University of Missouri-Columbia.

Michael Justice, DO Related Seminars and Products

Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Physician

HCA Midwest Health/Orthopedic Surgeons Inc.

Dr. Justice completed a year-long fellowship in orthopedic sports medicine at the prestigious American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala., under the direction of renowned orthopedic surgeon Lawrence Lemak, M.D. Prior to this, he completed a five-year orthopedic surgery residency through St. Mary’s Medical Center/Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He completed medical school at Oklahoma State University Center of Health Sciences in 2007. His undergraduate work was performed at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla.

Growing up, Dr. Justice was a multi-sport athlete, excelling in baseball, basketball and football. He continued his athletic career at Northeastern State University, where he played football for the NCAA Division II Redmen. He was a part of two conference championship teams, including one which made a run to the national semifinals in 1999.

During this time, he developed an interest in the treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of athletic injuries. He has carried these interests into his practice today, where he focuses on problems that affect athletes and workers alike. He specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, knee, elbow and ankle, but is also skilled in total joint replacements (including anterior approach total hip replacements) and fractures of the extremities.

Dr. Justice is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery, and is an assistant professor of surgery with the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.

In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing, traveling and spending time with his family. He and his wife, Shannan, have three children.

Dr. Justice has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Justice can be reached at mjustice@osikc.com or 816-276-7636.  

Carol Kirila, DO, FACOI Related Seminars and Products

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine & Chair, KCU CME Committee

Kansas City University

Dr. Carol Kirila is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician who graduated from KCU College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a rotating internship in Jefferson City, Missouri followed by her Internal Medicine residency with the UMKC School of Medicine at St. Luke's Hospital and Truman Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Kirila is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Department of Primary Care at KCU in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also serves as the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for the National Kidney Foundation of Western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma and is a member of the NKF Health Equity Committee.

Dr. Kirila discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

She can be reached at ckirila@kansascity.edu or at 816.654.7394

Larry Long, Jr, Ph.D. Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs

University of Kansas Medical Center

Dr. Larry Long has a PhD from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Counseling Psychology.  He serves as director of Kansas University Medical Center Counseling & Educational Support Services, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Director of UKHS Professional Well-Being Center, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.  For more than two decades, Dr. Long has treated health science trainees and professionals.

Dr. Long discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Long can be reached at drlarrylong@yahoo.com.   

Charles Orth, DO Related Seminars and Products

Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program Director

Orthopedic Surgeons Inc. (OSI)

Dr. Orth is a graduate of KCU, and has been in practice 29 years within the Kansas City Metro. He is one of 12 surgeons within Orthopedic Surgeons Inc. (OSI) and practices general orthopedics. He is the Program Director of Orthopaedics with KCU/ HCA Health Care Kansas City. He is active in the orthopaedic surgery community, being a fellow of and serving as the secretary treasurer of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO). He also chairs the Program Director Section of the AOAO, and has served as a member of ACGME Orthopaedic Milestones 2.0 committee.

His practice of general orthopaedic surgery affords him excellent exposure to all areas of this field. He utilizes his skills to teach students, orthopaedic residents, family medicine residents, and family medicine sports medicine fellows how to be comfortable and knowledgeable in this field. It is a pleasure being able to help patients, students, residents and fellows to reach their potential, and continuing to make our profession stronger with knowledge and compassion for others.

Dr. Orth has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Orth can be reached at charlesorth57@yahoo.com.

Kent McIntire, DO Related Seminars and Products

ENT-Otolaryngologist & ENT Residency Program Director

Kansas City University & Freeman Health Systems

Kent Douglas McIntire, DO, FAOCO, is a board-certified otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon with three decades of experience in the medical field, who has served as a partner physician with Freeman Ear, Nose, and Throat Center for 22 years.

Dr. McIntire holds particular expertise in facial trauma surgery, cancers of the head, neck, and face, skin cancer, and thyroid and salivary gland tumors in his practice. He also performs surgical procedures to treat sleep apnea, sinus disorders, and other general ENT surgeries. Alongside his clinical work, Dr. McIntire is also part of the Kansas City University teaching faculty, where he trains and mentors medical residents and serves as the ENT Residency Training Program.

In pursuit of his education, Dr. McIntire obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Mid-American Nazarene University. He received his Doctor of Osteopathy from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO. Following medical school, he completed his residency in Otolaryngology with Freeman Health System. To further his training, Dr. McIntire completed a Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery at Buffalo General Hospital. The doctor is board certified in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, facial reconstruction, and plastic surgery through the American Osteopathic Boards of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

Among his noteworthy recognitions, Dr. McIntire received the Top Doctor Award by Missouri Life Magazine in 2021, and recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Trusted Surgeon for his outstanding career in Otolaryngology and in acknowledgment of his accomplishments with Freeman Ear, Nose, and Throat Center in 2022.

Dr. McIntire discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.

Contact: kent@fastfreedom.net

Mary Jo Martin, MD Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Kansas City University

Mary Jo Martin, MD, MT (ASCP), is an assistant professor at KCU on the Joplin campus in the Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences. She is one of the original faculty hired for the opening of the Joplin campus. She has been teaching medical students and residents for 20 years.

Dr Martin obtained her BS in medical technology from the West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown WV, and was employed as a medical technologist for 9 years. She obtained her MD at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington WV. Dr Martin completed her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, fellowship in Legal Medicine (Forensic Pathology), and fellowship in Neuropathology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond VA. She was employed as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Pathology department at VCU and was a Medical Examiner in the Central District of Virginia. Dr Martin was an assistant professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk VA before joining KCU.

Dr. Martin discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

She can be reached at mjmartin@kansascity.edu or 417-208-0652.

Thomas Randoll, DO Related Seminars and Products

KCU Alumni Association President

Thomas Randoll, DO, is a 2005 Kansas City University (KCU) College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate. He was born and raised in Florissant, Missouri, and went to College at Central Methodist University, where he played collegiate soccer, graduating in 2001 before attending KCU. After graduation from KCU, he completed an Internal Medicine residency at Mizzou, where he met his wife, Lesley, who was an RN then. After completing his residency, he worked full-time at Harry S Trauma VA Hospital from 2008 to 2019 as an academic hospitalist/primary care physician in the ER.

In 2019, he transferred to Orlando VA Medical Center to a full-time academic primary care physician position with the University of Central Florida Internal Medicine residency. He continues to be on the board with the Central Missouri Honor Flight as medical director, taking veterans to see their memorials in Washington, DC, since 2009.

Dr. Randoll currently serves as the KCU Alumni Association Board of Directors President. He has three boys, and in his free time, he coaches the boys’ soccer and baseball teams and enjoys offshore fishing with his wife. Dr. Randoll and his wife enjoy golf, watching Cardinal baseball, Blues hockey, Chiefs football, and Mizzou sports.

Robert Rogers, MA, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Dean of Curriculum & Associate Professor of Physiology

Kansas City University

Robert Rogers, MA, PhD, starting working as an Assistant Professor and OMS-1 Phase Director at Kansas City University six years ago. Currently, he is the Assistant Dean of Curriculum & Associate Professor of Physiology at Kansas City University.

Dr. Rogers is an exercise physiologist that researches molecular mechanisms that are involved in the beneficial adaptations to exercise training. His work has a special emphasis on type 2 diabetes and insulin signaling including the influence of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory molecules on the insulin signaling network. Recently, his work has expanded to investigate the influence of exercise on stress and inflammation, specifically on salivary biomarkers of stress in type 2 diabetics.

Dr. Rogers discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.

Contact: rrogers@kansascity.edu or 816-810-2015.

Margo A. Shepard, MBA Related Seminars and Products

Senior Vice President for Investments

Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors

Margo A. Shepard, MBA, CCP, CIMA, has over 40 years of financial industry experience.  She provides direct consultation and advice to individuals and Not for Profit Associations, Foundations and Endowments on strategic asset allocation, investment strategy and wealth and estate planning.  Barron's recognized Margo as one of the Top 100 Women Advisors in the country in 2006.  Margo has also been named one of the Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors in Kansas from 2018 to 2023.

Margo is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and received her MBA from the University of Kansas.  Quite the Basketball pedigree! She completed post graduate work at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, earning the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA ©). She also holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ designation.

Margo has been highly active in the community. She currently serves on the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School Advisory Committee, the University of Kansas Business School Dean's Advisory Board, and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph Finance Council and investment Committee and Catholic Charities Planned Gift Council.

Her previous board experience includes William Jewell College Board of Trustees, Children's Mercy Hospital Planned Giving Council-Chair, Notre Dame de Sion Board Chair, Cristo Rey High School board, the Endowment Trust Fund for Catholic Education, The Rehabilitation Institute Foundation board, and the Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri board.

On a personal note, Margo is the daughter of an Osteopathic physician and worked in his office during school breaks. She is the mother of three adult children and is married to her husband, Mike, and recently celebrated their 40^th wedding anniversary. She is an avid reader, golfer and cyclist.

Margo discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.

Contact: margo.shepard@wellsfargoadvisors.com; (913) 267-7140 or (816) 519-1021

Amy Sickel, PsyD Related Seminars and Products

Director of Clinical Training

Kansas City University

Dr. Amy Sickel obtained her Doctorate of Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, California. Her dissertation focused on developing an intervention for children in foster care to improve the parent-child relationship during their visit with their biological parents. Her pre-doctoral internship was completed at The Guidance Center in Long Beach, California, and she returned to Kansas City, Missouri, for her post-doctoral position at University Health’s Lakewood Counseling Center. She provided therapy and psychological testing to children, adolescents, and their families. Part of her post-doc included serving at Lakewood Hospital’s Long-term care unit serving adults with cognitive deficits. Dr. Sickel then began as an adjunct instructor for Kansas City University in 2017 when the program. She has taught Lifespan Development for Infants through Older Adults. She currently serves as an Associate Professor and the Director of Clinical Training for the Health Service Psychology program, where she is committed to developing psychologists who become future colleagues.

Amy Sickel, Psy.D., has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Sickel can be reached at asickel@kansascity.edu.  

Kevin Treffer, DO, FACOFP Related Seminars and Products

Chair of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - Kansas City, and Associate Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Kansas City University

A third generation Osteopathic Physician, Dr. Treffer earned his DO degree from KCU-COM in 1987 and completed a Rotating Internship at University Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri in 1988.  He is board certified in Osteopathic Family Practice by the AOBACOFP and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine by the AOBNMM/OMM. He earned his Fellow award from the ACOFP in 2013. He has served as full time OMM faculty for 28 years as of July 20, 2020 and has helped train over 5500 Osteopathic Physicians at KCU.  He is the Chair of the Department of OMM for KCU-COM (KC and Joplin Campuses).  He maintains a Specialty Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine practice here in Kansas City at the KC Care Health Care Center.   He authored a chapter in Waldman Pain Management Textbook on the Osteopathic Approach to the Chronic Pain Patient, editions 1 and 2.  He is a member of AACOM’s Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles since 1992 and served as the Chair of the Council from 2011 to 2015.  He has given numerous lectures and workshops covering multiple OMM topics on a local, regional and national level.  He was inducted into the inaugural class of the Mentor Hall of Fame for the AOA.  He received the 2002 Family Physician of the Year award from the Missouri Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and was the 2018 KCU-COM Alumnus of the year. 

Kevin Treffer, DO, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Treffer can be reached at ktreffer@kansascity.edu or 816-654-7430

Bruce Williams, D.O. Related Seminars and Products

Associate Dean of Clinical Education/Associate Professor of Primary Care

Kansas City University

Bruce R. Williams, DO, FACOFP dist., practiced osteopathic family medicine for over 30 years in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri. He is currently the Associate Dean of Clinical Education at Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Williams is the Immediate Past-President of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP). His elected Board of Governors position follows years of active ACOFP volunteer involvement, including his role as a Delegate to the Congress of Delegates and as a member of the Patient Centered Medical Home/ACO Committee and the Ethics Committee. From 2011 to 2013, Dr. Williams also served as President of the Missouri Society of the ACOFP.

Following his previous leadership position with the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS), as President from 2004 to 2005, Dr. Williams continues to serve as a Trustee on the MAOPS Board and actively volunteers on several committees. In addition, from 2010 to 2017, he served on the Board of Trustees of the Kansas City University, and since 1997, has made valuable contributions to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) as a Missouri Delegate to the AOA House of Delegates.

Locally, Dr. Williams serves on the Board of Directors of the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center and the Greater Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation.

Bruce R. Williams, DO, FACOFP dist., has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Williams can be reached at brwilliams@kansascity.edu or 816-654-7303.

Robert White, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Dean, College of Biosciences

Kansas City University

Robert White, PhD, was named dean of Kansas City University College of Biosciences in 2014 after serving as associate dean for one year. Dr. White has also served as professor of Biochemistry for KCU since July 2012. Under his leadership, the Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences program has grown from 30 students to over 120 students per year with 85 percent of graduating students going on to professional programs, including medical school, dental school, pharmacy doctorate schools and optometry school, as well as PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. During his tenure as dean, the COB has added a Doctor of Clinical Psychology program within the Health Service Psychology department. The COB is also now home to a Bioinformatics research track begun in 2020, which is expanding the possibilities for professional development of students within the master’s graduate program. The MS biomedical sciences program has generated over 800 graduates who have gone on to careers in biomedicine including the biotech industry, biomedical research and health care professions.

Dr. White received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a Master of Science in Biology from Boston College. He was trained at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, where he performed his PhD research for which he was conferred a doctoral degree from Boston College. His post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital in Boston in the Hematology/Oncology Division further prepared him for his research career with an emphasis in mouse genetics and hematology. Before transferring his research program to KCU, Dr. White was director of the Mouse Genetics Research Laboratory and DNA Diagnostic Lab at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City for 17 years.

Dr. White is the author of over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Genomics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA and Nature Genetics. His research program focuses on the identification of gene defects in mouse models of hematology and human genetics disease (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, AMKL leukemia, Iron Overloading disease) and the discovery of new therapies to treat those diseases. Dr. White has been the recipient of several extramural grants including a large grant from the March of Dimes. He received a Kansas City Science Pioneer Award from the March of Dimes in 2004.