Identifying information

Birthplace Amherst, Ohio

Date of Birth January 7, 1957

Marital Status Married, June 14, 1980

Paging Service: 740-594-0017 Personal FAX: 877-337-6935

Practice Office: 740-753-1991

Practice FAX: 740-753-4890

University Office: 740-593-2180

E Mail: drozek@ohio.edu, or daviddrozek@me.com

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU HCOM)

106 Parks Hall

Athens, Ohio 45701-2979

(740) 593-2500

December 2006 – present

Interim Chair of Specialty Medicine Department, July 2013 – Feb 2014
Endoscopy, Minor Surgery and Lifestyle Medicine
Doctors Hospital Nelsonville / Ohio Health

1950 Mount St. Mary Drive

Nelsonville, OH 45764

Phone (from Nelsonville): 740-753-3345

Phone (from Athens): 740-593-5101

FAX: 740-593-4890

April 1, 2014 to present
(Worked for Doctors Hospital Nelsonville / Ohio Health from Jan 2008 – March 2014 under a service agreement with University Medical Associates.)
Privileged in General Surgery at:
Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville

1950 Mount Saint Mary Drive

Nelsonville, OH 45764-1280

(740) 753-1931

1/2007-present
O’Bleness Memorial Hospital

55 Hospital Drive

Athens, OH 45701-2302

(740) 592-9359

1/2007-12/2008: full staff

1/ 2009-present: courtesy staff

Address 251 N Main St, Cedarville, Ohio 45314

Degree B.A. in Biology and Chemistry

Date of Graduation 1979, graduated with Highest Honors

Osteopathic Medicine)

Address Athens, Ohio

Degree Doctor of Osteopathy

Date of Graduation 1983
PGY 1:

Hospital Doctor's Hospital

Address Columbus, Ohio

Dates 1983-1984

Type of Internship Rotating (Traditional) Internship
PGY 2-5:

Hospital Doctor's Hospital

Address Columbus, Ohio

Type of Residency General Surgery Residency

Dates 1984-1988, Chief Resident 1987-1988


LICENSURE to PRACTICE MEDICINE:

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  State of Ohio # 34-00-3880, issued June 27, 1985, current until April 2014
  

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  General Surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery,
  
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  Certificate # 1284, Date issued: 10/9/1991
  

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  Spanish Language Institute, Apartado 100-2350, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America, August 1998 to August 1999
  

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  Complete Health Improvement Program Facilitator Training, May 2012
  

K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan

Chief of Surgery

August 1988- August 1992

(This hospital was closed several years ago)
Norwalk Surgical Associates, Inc.

28 Executive Drive

Norwalk, Ohio 44857

August 1992 – May 1998

(This was a private surgical group practice, closed on my departure for Honduras.)

Appointed as a Medical Missionary with Missions Door

(formerly Mission to the Americas)

2530 Washington Street

Denver, CO 80205-3142

Phone: 303-308-1818, Fax: 303-295-9090

Email: info@missionsdoor.org, http://www.missionsdoor.org

July 1997 – October 2006

The Cornerstone Foundation

P.O. Box 156 - Biloxi, MS 39533

Ph.228-435-7800. (toll free 877 277 8663)

July 1997 – March 2005
Hospital Suizo

La Ceiba, Honduras

Director: Doris Eggenberger, email: d.eggenberger@hotmail.com

January 2004 – October 2006

75 Hospital Drive, Suite 310

Athens, OH 45701

(740) 594-6100, Fax: (740) 594-6903

January 2007 – December 2007
University Medical Associates

342 Parks Hall

Athens, Ohio 45701

(740) 593-2487, FAX (740) 593-0626

January 1, 2008 – March 31, 2014
PRIOR HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
410 Strategic Hospital

410 Medical Group, US Air Force

K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan

August 1988-July 1992

(This hospital was closed several years ago)
Fisher-Titus Medical Center

272 Benedict Avenue

Norwalk, Ohio 44857

Privileged in: General Surgery to include:

Laparoscopic surgery, Endoscopy (colonoscopy, EGD's, bronchoscopy)

Chairman Biomedical Ethics Committee, 1995-1998

Main: (419) 668-8101, Toll-Free: (800) 589-3862

August 1992 – May 1998

The Cornerstone Foundation

Balfate, Honduras, Central America

August 1999-March 2005

La Ceiba, Honduras

2004 – October 2006
Hospital Atlántida

La Ceiba, Honduras

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  American Osteopathic Association # 40738
  
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  Ohio Osteopathic Association
  
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  American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
  
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  Christian Medical Association, 1980-present
  
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  Tropical Disease Institute, OU HCOM, 2008-present
  
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  American College of Lifestyle Medicine, 2012-present
  
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  Diabetes Institute, OU HCOM, 2013-present
  

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  Clinical faculty appointment with OU HCOM, Dec 2006 – present
  

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  Graduate Medical Education Rotations, 2007-present
  
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    Traditional interns PGY-1
    
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    Family Medicine Residents PGY1-3
    
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    Endoscopy instructor / mentor 2012-2014
    
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    GME committee member, ~2008-present
    
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    Regular lectures for house staff, 2007-present
    

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  Honduran Medical Interns: weekly lectures on surgery topics
  

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  Regular Clinical rotations (1992-1998) for students from:
  
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    Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
    
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    Medical College of Toledo
    
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    Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine
    
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    Des Moines College of Osteopathic medicine
    

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  Albert Schweitzer Fellows Program Mentor, 2011, 2012, 2013
  

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  Faculty advisor for OU HCOM Christian Medical Association, 2007-present
  

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  Faculty co-advisor for OU HCOM Surgery and Sports Medicine Club, 2011-present
  

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  Faculty co-advisor for Salud es Vida, 2011
  

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  Premed students, 2009-present
  
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    Annual presentations at Cedarville University
    
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    Shadowing experiences and counseling
    

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  Lifestyle Medicine Research Mentor for a Psychology PhD student participant in the HCOM Graduate Assistant Program, Spring 2014 to present
  

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  Lifestyle Medicine Research Mentor for a DO, PhD student, Fall 2013 to present
  

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  Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship Mentor 2013, 2014
  

Joseph Vogelgesang, David Drozek, Masato Nakazawa, Jay H Shubrook, Payer source influence on effectiveness of lifestyle medicine programs, submitted for publication Jan 27, 2014.

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  Lifestyle Medicine Publication
  

David Drozek, Hans Diehl, Masato Nakazawa, Tom Kostohryz, Darren Morton, and Jay H. Shubrook, Short-Term Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention Program for Reducing Selected Chronic Disease Risk Factors in Individuals Living in Rural Appalachia: A Pilot Cohort Study, Advances in Preventive Medicine, vol. 2014, Article ID 798184, 7 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/798184.

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  Collaborator with OU HCOM Diabetes Institute, 2013-present
  

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  Research consultant and collaborator with Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute: Development of a muscle biopsy protocol, and collaborator on lifestyle medicine research, 2012-present
  

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  Masters Thesis Committee Member and Research Collaborator for mechanical engineering students researching advancements in colonoscopy training and design, with multiple publications, 2010-present
  

Liang Chen, Ramiro Malgor, David Drozek, JungHun Choi, Novel Ex Vivo Testing Model for Monopolar Hot Biopsy Forceps, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2013. (Accepted)

Randolph Robert, Liang Chen, Rajesh Shanbhag, David Drozek, and JungHun Choi, Method for Detecting Ablation Damage using Sensor Integration of Hot Biopsy Forceps, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2013. (Accepted)

JungHun Choi and David Drozek, Detection of the Looping in Colonoscopy Using Bending Sensors,” Journal of Open Medical Devices, 2012:vol4 1875-1814/12.

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  Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship Mentor with Publication, Summer 2009.
  

Kevin McAninch, OMS III, David Drozek, DO, Indications, findings, and technical performance of colonoscopies by a single general surgeon in a small rural hospital, Osteopathic Family Physician (2011) 3, 53-57.

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  International Research Projects Mentor with multiple students during the OU HCOM Global Health trips to El Salvador, spring and summer of 2007-2010, poster presentations, at least one publication pending.
  

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  Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship Mentor, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014.
  

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  Ohio University Research & Scholarly Affairs Committee Award, Dec 10, 2012, $7976, Modified Complete Health Improvement Program for a Population in Special Need: A Feasibility Study
  

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  What is Lifestyle Medicine?, O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, Area Health Education Center / Consortium for Health Education in Appalachia Ohio lecture series,
  

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  Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, Marietta, Ohio joint medical staff meeting,
  

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  Lifestyle Medicine 2013, Conference organizer, speaker and moderator,
  

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  Personal Mission trip to El Salvador December 2012
  

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  Global Health trips to Ecuador sponsored by OU HCOM, 2007, 2012
  

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  Global Health trips to El Salvador sponsored by OU HCOM,
  
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    Yearly, 2007-2011
    
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    Co-organizer, co-director, leader of student medical teams
    

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  Global Health trip to Honduras sponsored by OU HCOM, 2008
  
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    Organizer and director of student surgical team
    

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  Haiti Earthquake Relief, winter and spring 2010 sponsored by OU HCOM
  
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    Co-organizer, leader in medical relief efforts
    

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  Spanish language and cultural training, August 1998 to August 1999
  
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    Nicaraguan refugee clinic volunteer, 1999
    

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  Medical Missionary in Rural Honduras, Aug 1999-Nov 2006
  
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    Assisted in development and opening of Hospital Loma de Luz
    
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    Hosted multiple construction and medical teams
    
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    Community and Spiritual development
    
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    Collaboration with government and NGO medical facilities
    

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  Short term (two weeks) missions to Honduras with Christian Medical Association, April 1996.
  

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  The Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, Doctors Hospital Nelsonville, a combined office and web based lifestyle medicine clinic, www.TheLifestyleMedicineClinic.us, founded Feb 2014
  

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  Live Healthy Clinic, Doctors Hospital Nelsonville, a group based lifestyle medicine clinic, www.LiveHealthyClinic.us, Founder and Director, began in Jan 2013
  

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  Complete Health Improvement Program Facilitator, May 2012-present
  

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  Chief of Staff, Doctors Hospital Nelsonville/Ohio Health, 2010-2012
  

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  Athens County Colon Cancer Coalition
  

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  Chairman Biomedical Ethics Committee, Fisher Titus Hospital, Norwalk, Ohio, 1995-98
  

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  Leadership local Christian Medical-Dental Association, Norwalk Ohio, ~1994-98
  

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  OU HCOM Commencement Mentor, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  

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  AOA Mentor Hall of Fame 2008, 2010
  

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  OU HCOM D.O.C. Award, 2009, 2010, 2013
  

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  Student Osteopathic Surgery Association 2009-2010 Surgery Mentor of the Year
  

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  Doctors Hospital Nelsonville/Ohio Health Physician of the Year 2010
  

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  Physician Customer Service Champion 2007, Doctors Hospital Nelsonville/Ohio Health
  

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  Volunteer at Good Works: http://www.good-works.net, 2007-present
  

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  Church related teaching, leadership and community service, various times and locations
  

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  Promise Keepers Ambassador, ~1993-98