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By Nancy Kinnally
March 2, 2002
FSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE APPOINTS DR. ANTHONY COSTA AS ASSISTANT
DEAN FOR REGIONAL CAMPUS IN ORLANDO
First-Year Med Students Tour Orlando Medical Facilities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Dr. Anthony Costa, the newly appointed assistant
dean for the FSU College of Medicine’s Regional Medical School
Campus – Orlando, joined the college’s 30 first-year students for a
tour of Florida Hospital and Orlando Regional Medical Center March
2.
Costa will lead the development of the third- and fourth-year
clinical training program for those FSU medical students who are
assigned to Orlando beginning in July 2003. Costa, who currently
serves as associate dean for clinical education at the Barberton
campus of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine,
will officially begin his new duties July 1.
Dr. Joseph E. Scherger, dean of the FSU College of Medicine, said
Costa brings 16 years of experience running medical education
programs to his new position.
“At the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Dr.
Costa has assumed numerous leadership and management positions in
medical education,” Scherger said. “He has a national reputation in
medical education, and will use this expertise to foster a
high-quality and collaborative learning environment for Florida
State’s medical students.”
Costa said he was drawn to the FSU College of Medicine in part by
Scherger’s “infectious” enthusiasm for the medical school and its
mission.
“I believe in the mission of the school,” Costa said. “The school's
mission is to produce the kind of doctors Florida, and indeed every
state, needs.
I've worked on a similar mission for the past 15 years. I think I
know what it will take to make the school succeed.”
Costa met some of the initial members of the board of directors for
the Regional Medical School Campus – Orlando, as well as some of the
medical school faculty, when he interviewed for the assistant dean
position in January.
“I was very impressed by their talent and dedication to the school's
mission,” Costa said. “I'm very excited about working at Florida
State, and especially excited about working at the Orlando campus.
It's a great medical community and has the potential to be a truly
outstanding regional campus.”
Two Orlando hospitals – Florida Hospital and Orlando Regional
Medical Center – will be involved in the education of FSU medical
students, as will many local physician practices.
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