Ed Cohen, D.O., FAOCD, ’69, has been interested in photography “ever since my parents bought me my first Kodak Baby Brownie Special in 1948. I still have the camera, and one day I will develop the film that I recently discovered remains on its spools.” His early interest has evolved into a full-time avocation, and […]

William B. Leibow, D.D.S., MSD, co-director of endodontics at ASDOH, says he tries not to get caught up in the reasons behind his art. He simply wants to create. “Photography is for me an exercise in creativity,” he says. “It allows me to get away and immerse myself in something other than teeth. I never […]

Thoughts from a little doc iRx: An oncologist’s prescription for treatment Oncology allows room for the humanistic side of medicine. A lady presented today for a follow-up on her metastatic uterine carcinosarcoma. She had been feeling very weak from her chemotherapy and needed another treatment and a CT scan. She wanted to go to Monterey […]

Mark Holley, DPT 2011, began drawing and painting in high school as a creative outlet that helped him “sort out my thoughts,” he says. “I could communicate to other people, and I liked it because there was no right or wrong way to do it as long as you could express your ideas to others. […]

Portrait artist and third-year ASDOH student Eric Peters always draws people “because my drawings are always gifts given to people I love,” he says. “Nothing gives better detail than pencil, and nothing is more personal than a portrait. I love combining detail, realism, and a person.” Despite his talent, he claims his creative philosophy “isn’t […]

For PA student Robin Lee, MS, NREMTB, art has always been a stress reliever, even as early as grade school. “At times, it was used to describe emotions that I didn’t have words for,” she says. “Other times, it was a way to make inexpensive but sincere gifts for people when I couldn’t buy anything. […]

D.H.Ed. student and musician Brian Little created and sings with the band StapleHead, a name deriving from a car crash that resulted in the aforementioned staples. Influenced by bands such as Jane’s Addiction, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Ozzy Osbourne, Little has published four CDs. It’s a “love of music, poetry, and stream […]

Model, musician, actor, photographer, and painter Michael Ambrosia is a self-proclaimed jack of all trades, also rated in Kiowa, Blackhawk, and Apache attack helicopters. His first album, “Find Our Way,” was finished in September 2009 after he returned from a stint in Kosovo with the National Guard. “It is a great job to write and […]

Dan Witt, D.O., ’66, is a urologist who calls himself an “amateur photographer living in a great place with access to wonderful wildlife.” A hunter who always carried a camera, Dr. Witt says he “got serious about wildlife photography about a year ago, when I got a telephoto lens that let me get better images […]

Arizona School of Health Sciences New leadership role for Parent-Buck Audiology Chair Tabitha Parent-Buck, Au.D., has been installed as president of the board of directors for the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) at its 2009 convention in Clearwater Beach, Fla. She also served as chair of the 2009 convention committee. “Dr. Parent-Buck’s dedication to […]