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DR. TULISIAK NAMED NEW PRESIDENT OF MEDINA HOSPITAL C LEVELAND CLINIC HAS named Thomas L. Tulisiak, MD, president of Medina Hospital effective Sept. 1. Dr. Tulisiak, a Medina resident and member of the Medina County medical community for more than 25 years, assumes the leader- ship role following former president Rob Stall’s promotion to chief of operations for Cleveland Clinic’s Regional Hospitals. Dr. Tulisiak most recently served as medical director of Cleveland Clinic’s Brunswick Family Health Center and has been the vice president of Medical Operations at Medina Hospital. It is a great honor to lead Medina Hospital,” said Dr. Tulisiak. “I have always been committed to this community and to making the hospital the best it can be in terms of quality, patient satisfaction and employee satisfaction. Our focus will be to continue to provide the highest quality health care to Medina County residents.” Dr. Tulisiak has a long history of serving the hospital and the com- munity. He has been on the Medina Hospital Medical Staff for the past 28 years. During that time, he served as chair of the Department of Medicine (1993-1994), chairman of the Utilization Review Commit tee (1990-1993), chairman of the Ethics Committee (1992-1993), a member of the Quality Advisory Panel (1993-1996, 1998) and a member of the Credentials Committee (1993-present). D r . Tu l i s i a k has worked at the Cleveland Cl inic since 1997, special- i z ing in Fami ly Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the Amer ican Boa rd of Family Practice and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Tulisiak also is a clinical assistant professor of Medicine – Family Medicine for the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and a clinical assis- tant professor for the Department of Medicine for the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. n Thomas L. Tulisiak, MD NEOUCOM NAME OFFICIALLY CHANGED TO NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Governor John Kasich publicly signed House Bill 139 as approved by the Ohio General Assembly to officially change the name of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) to Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). Before making the decision to pursue AT a name change, the University under- went a naming and branding review that included focus groups, surveys and extensive interviews with faculty, staff, students and alumni, as well as external partners and community leaders. The results of the research were presented to the NEOUCOM Board of Trustees, A SPECIAL GATHERING held in the Governor’s Ceremonial Offi ce at the Ohio State House, who af ter careful and thoughtful deliberation, unanimously voted to approve to move a name forward for further consideration. Introduced as House Bill 139, the legislation included an emergency clause which provided that it become law and the name-change become effec- tive immediately upon being signed by the governor. Signifi cance of the name: + Northeast Ohio recognizes the University’s history, heritage and the geographic area it serves + Medical in recognition of its educa- tion, research and service mission in medicine, pharmacy, graduate research and graduate studies + University in recognition of its three colleges in medicine, pharmacy and graduates studies and its status as one of the 14 public universities serving Ohio citizens Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a community-based, public medical university with a mis- sion to improve the quality of health care in Northeast Ohio working in collaboration with its educational and clinical partners. NEOMED offers a doctor of medicine (MD) and a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree, in addition to graduate-level coursework and research opportunities leading to master’s and doctoral degrees in other medical areas. n MDNEWS.COM  JULY-AUGUST 2011  MD NEWS Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 7

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