Meet the College of Medicine Alumni Board
Michael J. Sweeney, M.D., a PIMS alumnus from 1975, has graciously volunteered to serve as the inaugural chair of the College of Medicine Alumni Board. The board contains alumni of both the College of Medicine and the Program in Medical Sciences (PIMS), the predecessor of Florida State’s four-year medical school.
The alumni board will meet two times a year – at the annual alumni reunion in April and during Florida State’s annual homecoming weekend (ordinarily scheduled between mid-October and early November). Examples of duties the board will be performing include:
- Assisting the College of Medicine’s efforts to maintain an accurate alumni database. Having accurate data ensures the college’s ability to share news about alumni practice location and specialty and allows the college to reach alumni with important news, announcements and events of potential interest.
- Contributing to an alumni blog once a year. Through the blog, board members will be able to provide an alumni perspective relevant to current and future medical students, as well as to classmates and others.
Currently, there are 336 graduates of the Florida State College of Medicine. In addition, the college counts more than 800 PIMS graduates as an important part of its legacy. The College of Medicine’s mission builds upon the PIMS mission, and including PIMS alumni provides an invaluable resource in guiding the alumni board’s goals and objectives.
Ryan Little, senior director for development, and Alexa Von Staden, alumni affairs and special events coordinator, assist Sweeney with alumni board management and other activities.
The College of Medicine’s goal is to empower its alumni to engage in activities that will provide guidance, resources and support to medical students, alumni, faculty and staff.
For more information, please contact Alexa Von Staden at alexa.vonstaden@med.fsu.edu or at (850) 645-9428.
Our current members are:
- Michael Sweeney, M.D. (President)- PIMS Class of 1975
- Rick Sheridan, M.D. - PIMS Class of 1976
- Gordon Burtch, M.D. - PIMS Class of 1977
- Scott Warren, M.D. - PIMS Class of 1981
- Keith Ingram, M.D. - PIMS Class of 1981
- Floyd Jaggears, M.D. - PIMS Class of 1983
- Don Levine, M.D. - PIMS Class of 1991
- Shannon Price, M.D. - COM Class of 2006
- Chris Sundstrom, M.D. - COM Class of 2006
- Tanya Anim, M.D. - COM Class of 2010
- Marlisha Edwards - COM Class of 2011
- Layla Lundquist-Smith - COM Class of 2011
