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Associations.... Associations....

Broward County Osteopathic

Medical Association

Dr. Kayvan Amini, DO, FACC, the President of the Broward County Osteopathic
Medical Association (BCOMA) and current Vice Chair of the State of Florida Drug
Utilization Review Board along with the BCOMA Board of Governors attended the
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House of Delegates as voting member del-
egates representing the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA). Pictured
from left to right are: Dr. Eric Goldsmith, Dr. Anna Hayden, Dr. Kayvan Amini, Dr.
Jorge Luna, and Dr. Joshua Lenchus. Dr. Amini is also on the Board of Trustees of
(FOMA). The AOA House of Delegates convened in Chicago, July 15-17, to consider
and take action on resolutions submitted by osteopathic specialty societies, state asso-
ciations and other osteopathic affiliate organizations.

Cover Story: ACHE of South Florida

Member Spotlight: Dr. Marie Sandra Severe

Continued from page 1 Dr. Severe, who is a professor at
areas we serve.” Florida Atlantic University, uses ACHE’s
One challenge facing Dr. Severe is that resources in her healthcare operations
Jackson North is still dealing with the course. “I wanted the best support mate-
effects of COVID, including increased rials to help students grasp certain con-
hospital admissions and staffing issues. cepts, so I typed ACHE into a search to
“A lot of people left the industry dur- see what resources they’d recommend,”
ing COVID; either for new careers or to said Dr. Severe. “Their publishing branch
travel for more money,” she said. had the perfect textbook. What I like
“Although some are coming back, we’re most about this ACHE-approved text is
still dealing with the fiscal impact of the that the information is translatable and
past two and half years and figuring out practical.”
how to sustain operations given these Dr. Severe also appreciates the access
challenges.” that membership provides. “It’s phenom-
One of the places that Dr. Severe looks enal; you’re not only interacting with
for ideas—as well as support and operations executives; you’re meeting
advice—is ACHE of South Florida, supply chain professionals, performance
which she joined six years ago. improvement professionals, healthcare
“I decided to join for the educational finance experts—there is a plethora of
and resource aspects; networking is not opportunities to garner different per-
my strong suit,” she said. “Yet support is spectives on healthcare,” she said.
innate within the organization. She adds, “ACHE also allows members
“It is really critical for healthcare exec- to give back to the field by using their
utives to be able to exchange ideas, best talent, skills, and lessons learned to help
practices, and issues that they are experi- early careerists/up-and-coming profes-
encing together,” she said. “It keeps me sionals, and that’s really powerful.”
engaged as well.”

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