AUC Alumni

Alumni Association Advisory Board

Gustavo Galue

Gustavo Galue



Manager of Alumni Engagement

alumni@aucmed.edu

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

Desai

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

Tanita

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 

Dillard

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

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

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

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

Dr Wibbit

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