Gustavo Galue
Manager of Alumni Engagement
Gustavo Galue joined AUC in 2010 and has worked in higher education since 2006. Gustavo leads all university initiatives related to alumni, including alumni engagement activities and the mentoring program. Prior to his current role, Gustavo worked as a manager in the admissions department at AUC.
With almost two decades of higher education experience, Gustavo relies on his knowledge and skills to create, develop, and manage new ways to engage with AUC alumni in an authentic and meaningful way. His leisure activities include photography, cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and loved ones.
AUC Alumni Advisory Board
Dhaval Desai
AUC class of 2008
Residency – combined internal medicine & pediatrics at Wright State University
Current Affiliations
Emory University School of Medicine – Assistant Professor of Medicine and Senior Physician
Emory St. Joseph’s – Director of Hospital Medicine
Doug Tanita
AUC class of 2007
Residency – OB/GYB at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg FL
Current Affiliations:
Complete Care OBGYN, Henderson, Nevada
Southwest Medical Associates, Henderson, Nevada
ADJUNCT FACULTY - OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Touro University School of Medicine, Henderson, Nevada
Faith Dillard
AUC class of 1999
Residency – emergency medicine at the Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Current Affiliations
Emergency Medicine Associates, Germantown, Maryland. 2007-present
Department of Health and Human Services, National Disaster Medical System, New Jersey. 2003 - present
Northwest Emergency Physicians, Division of Team Health: Riverton Memorial Hospital ED, Riverton, Wyoming. Sweetwater Memorial Hospital, Rock Springs, Wyoming. 2007 – present
Hovig Artinian
AUC class of 2010
Residency – pediatrics at UCSF, Fresno, CA
Fellowship – pulmonology at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles
Fellowship – sleep medicine at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Current Affiliations
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Kate Essad
AUC class of 2013
Residency – adult neurology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH
Fellowship – sports neurology at the Sports Neurology Clinic in Brighton, MI
Current Affiliations
Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, WI
Ladona Schmidt
AUC class of 1990
Residency – family medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine
Full spectrum family medicine including emergency medicine, pediatrics, inpatient and outpatient, adult medicine, urgent care and hospitalist care. Practiced obstetrics until January 2006, averaging 60-65 deliveries per year.
Current Affiliations
Salina Regional Health Center, Lawrence, KS
AMA member, AAFP fellow. KAFP (district 5 board representative)
Stephen Sibbitt
AUC class of 1994
Residency – internal medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Chief Resident - internal medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Current Affiliations
Associate Central Texas Division (legacy Scott & White) - Chief Medical Officer
Metroplex Adventist Hospital, Inc – Member, Board of Directors
Texas A&M College of Medicine – Associate Professor
