1. Attending/Faculty, alumnus, or resident/Fellow you would like to nominate for an honorary membership to AOA. a. Attending: i. Dr.Kaye (Internal Med DRH) ii. Dr.Dulchavsky (Gen Surg HFH) iii. Dr. Michael Wiater (Ortho Beaumont) iv. Dr.Misra (IM Beaumont) v. Dr.Folbe (ENT) vi. Dr.Jon Zimmerman (IM Oakwood) vii. Dr.Robbins (Gen Surg Beaumont) viii. Dr.Krouse (ENT) b. Alumnus: i. Dr.Michael Barnes (IM Beaumont) ii. Dr.Peter Vaitkevicius (Card VA) iii. Dr.Diane Levine c. Resident/Fellow: i. Dr.Alan Zakaria (IM Beaumont) ii. Dr.Nader Mina (IM DRH) iii. Dr.Scott Ottolina (ER DRH) iv. Dr.Michael Syder (IM Beaumont) 2. Gold chords to wear for graduation (ie, for or against) a. Yes = 16 b. No = 4 3. Guest speaker for our banquet. a. Dr.Dulchavsky b. Dr.Scarabelli c. Dr.Ledgerwood d. Dr.Diane Levine e. Dave Bing f. Dr.Gatti 4. Visiting Professorship a. Sanjay Gupta b. Cindy Grinds c. Richard Zarbo 5. AOA Community Service Project a. Focus HOPE b. World medical relief c. Community Gardens 6. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards a. Dr.Diane Levine b. Dr.Schwartz c. Dr.Edelstein d. Dr.Tyburski 7. Carolyn Kuckein Research Fellowship, Helen H. Glaser Student Essay Awards, Pharos poetry information is on the WSU AOA website 8. If you have USMLE experiences please email them to pkim@med.wayne.edu in a word doc format 9. Residency Mentor link 10. Elections for Class of 2010 will be held in next meeting, likely Feb 2009 11. USMLE AOA Panel will be organized by new president and vice president