Missouri campus observes Day of Compassion
Posted: October 27, 2010
Day of Compassion
The Biomedical Sciences Club hosted a Day of Compassion ceremony October 19 to honor the physicians, faculty, and staff who lost their lives on October 19, 2004.
Four ATSU-KCOM physician regional assistant deans and two administrative staff died when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on arrival just outside the Kirksville Regional Airport . They, along with two nationally recognized pediatricians representing the A.P. Gold Foundation, were coming to ATSU to participate in and facilitate a day-long faculty workshop to encourage more compassionate and relationship-centered healthcare.
ATSU members lost on Flight 5966:
Clark B. Ator, D.O.
Judith Diffenderfer, D.O.
Kathleen Gebard, M.A., B.S.
Steve Miller, M.D.
Toni Sarantino
Richard Sarkin, M.D., Ed. M
Mark E. Varidin, D.O., B.S., FACOFP
M. Bridget Wagner, D.O.