Sophia Apple, M.D., is the chief of breast pathology and director of the Cytopathology Program at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center. A member of the pathology faculty at UCLA, she is a coauthor of a textbook, Breast Imaging: Expert Radiology Series, published by Elsevier Publishing in 2011.
Apple conducts research into factors associated with the development of breast cancer and investigates breast cancer biomarkers. She currently serves on the editorial board of five medical journals, and is editor-in-chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine–Open Journal. She speaks nationally and internationally on the topic of breast pathology, and her clinical consultations are widely praised for their clinical insights and diagnostic acumen.
Apple contracted polio when she was just two years old and living in her homeland of Korea. Still, she doesn’t regret the effects left from the disease and is, in fact, rather thankful for them. She says she was driven to become a doctor because of her disability and dreamed of one day becoming a rehabilitation physician to help those much like herself. But after being introduced to the subject of pathology in her second year of medical school, everything changed. She was instantly drawn to this particular practice of medicine because it fulfilled her insatiable desire to learn.
“To me, pathology is the brain of medicine,” Apple said. “I have a deep interest in investigative knowledge, and (in pathology) I learn new things every single day.”
Louis A. Cannon, M.D., received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Wright State Alumni Association in 2014. Cannon has been named one of the Top 100 CardioVascular Specialists in America. He is president of the Cardiac & Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan and senior program director of McLaren Northern Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute. Founding president of the Cardiac and Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan, Cannon has served as the national or international principal investigator for landmark cardiovascular studies. He has over 200 medical publications, as well as two U.S. medical device patents. He serves on the strategic advisory boards for such Fortune 500 companies as Medtronic, Abbott and Boston Scientific, as well as many early developing medical technology companies. He has participated in the startup and subsequent development of a multitude of developing bio-technological, or emerging healthcare companies. Cannon performed first-in-human trans-catheter aortic valve replacements in Paraguay almost a decade ago, and subsequently became the chairman of the board of directors when the company was sold to a publicly traded company. In 2003, he founded BioStar Ventures, a venture capital fund that enables physicians to participate in the actual ownership of a medical device fund bringing to bear the innovation, knowledge, patient-care wisdom and end-user understanding of the industry. BioStar ventures is now on its third fund, earmarked for $100 million in international investments solely in cardiovascular and orthopedic diseases.
Ronald Golovan, M.D., received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Wright State Alumni Association in 2013. As a Cleveland-based private practice internist, Golovan, has spent 22 years treating musicians, actors, corporate executives and professional baseball players, including the Cleveland Indians. He serves on the teaching staff of the Fairview Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program and is vice president of medical operations at Lutheran Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic institution. He also serves as the medical director for Be Well Solutions, a privately owned corporate wellness company, where he helps companies formulate programs to keep their employees healthy and to identify those who are at risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer. He also enjoys being a medical consultant to Playhouse Square, House of Blues, Live Nation Productions and Blossom Music Center.
The WSU Alumni Association presented a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award to Randy Maririot, M.D., in 2012. Marriot completed medical school and residency training in emergency medicine at Boonshoft School of Medicine. He currently serves as the medical director for the Dayton Fire Department, the Riverside Fire Department, the City of Dayton Metropolitan Medical Response System, and the Miami Valley Fire District. He has been chair of the Emergency Operations Committee at Miami Valley Hospital since 1999. His operational medicine experience includes being the medical director for Ohio Task Force One which is a member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue System, and with which he has had several deployments, including to the World Trade Center and Hurricane Rita. His humanitarian efforts have included several medical mission trips to Central and South America. He also serves as a tactical medical physician with Kettering Regional SWAT. In addition, Marriott serves on several regional EMS and emergency preparedness committees, including being the chair of the Regional Physicians Advisory Board for Ohio EMS Region 2, and providing medical direction for several EMS educational programs. He is an emeritus member of the Miami Valley Hospital Foundation Board.
Evangeline Andarsio, M.D., is double boarded in family practice and obstetrics and gynecology. Andarsio has been in private practice for 20 years as an ob-gyn and is a clinical assistant professor for Wright State. During her career in medicine, Andarsio has held various leadership positions including president of the Montgomery County Medical Society in 2010, delegate of the Ohio State Medical Association for her county medical society, chair of the Montgomery County Medical Society Task Force on Medical Liability Reform, chair of the Academy of Medicine at Wright State’s School of Medicine, and currently is serving as an alternate delegate in the American Medical Association. In holding these positions, Andarsio has become a spokesperson to represent doctors in the professional liability crisis in Ohio and was a key speaker for these issues at a statehouse rally in Columbus.
Richard D. Smith, M.D., completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Medical Center of Dayton. After graduating from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering, Smith spent a few years as an engineer for Procter & Gamble before starting medical school. Smith is a founding partner of Pediatric Associates of Dayton. He spent 20 years providing exceptional care for young patients. Now in retirement, he has continued to build on that legacy of service as an active volunteer and leader with several regional organizations. Smith embodies the “two C’s” essential to volunteerism — compassion and commitment. He gives of himself tirelessly to make a difference for children in need and contribute to our community. Smith serves as a member of the Wright State Alumni Association Board of Directors and as president of the Boonshoft School of Medicine Alumni Association. He has served as an assistant clinical professor and voluntary faculty for the medical school. Outside Wright State, Smith is chair of the Board of Directors for the Dayton Chapter of A Special Wish Foundation and also serves on the Board of Trustees for Wright Memorial Public Library. He is also on the Business Advisory Committee for Oakwood City School Board and is a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley. Smith is also volunteer coordinator and guardian ad litem for Montgomery County’s Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) program.
Mark Anstadt, M.D., FACS, has worked for more than 30 years to perfect a life-saving device his father, George L. Anstadt, invented in the early 1960s: the Direct Mechanical Ventricular Actuation, or DMVA. In essence, the device is a form-fitting cup that surrounds the heart and physically compresses and expands it when the heart is failing. While versatile enough to be useful in a variety of scenarios, it is ideal for quick application when a patient experiences sudden cardiac arrest or significant heart failure. The device then maintains heart function and blood flow, allowing physicians to undertake further interventions while the patient stabilizes. Anstadt has researched the device to improve and better understand its functionality over the years. In parallel, he has built a highly successful career as a cardiothoracic surgeon. He is currently an associate professor of surgery and an adjunct associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology with the medical school, and he serves as medical director of cardiothoracic surgery, chair of the department of surgery, and chair of the section of cardiothoracic surgery with Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. In addition, he recently became section chief of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio.
John Czachor, M.D., received his B.S. in biolgy from Wright State in 1979, followed by his M.D. in 1983. He also completed his residency training with WSU's Department of Internal Medicine, where he now holds the rank of Professor and Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases. He also serves as Co-Medical Director of the Montgomery County Combined Health District's Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, and Director of WSU's Travel Medicine Center. He has published 54 papers, 9 book chapters, and 14 presented abstracts. He has received numerous awards: WSU Service Medicine Award -1992, A. Robert Davies Award for Teaching Excellence - 1992 and 1993, Miami Valley Hospital Housestaff Teaching Award 2001, and the Master Teacher Award - Ohio Chapter ACP - 2003, to name a few. He is also a volunteer teacher with the Global Health Initiative.
Linda Barney, M.D., graduated from the School of Medicine in 1985, and is currently on the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the school of medicine. After completing a surgical residency with Wright State in 1990 and briefly practicing in Connecticut, she joined the WSU Department of Surgery’s faculty in 1995. She has been active on the national, state, and local level in various surgical activities, primarily related to surgical education. She has served on several national committees, such as the USMLE Step 1 Test Material Development Committee, the NBME Anatomy Test Committee, and the Association for Surgical Education's Curriculum Committee and Development Committee. She has also been active in the Department of Surgery, serving on its Executive Committee and Curriculum & Development Committee. In the community, she's been active the MVRBC Regional Bike Council and with the Breast Screening and Women's Health Task Force at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center. She also conducts presentations on health profession careers for high school students and undergraduate students.