Its almost impossible for Dr. Robert Hasty to go anywhere at Nova Southeastern Universitys Health Professions Division without a student, faculty or staff member stopping the affable doctor to say hello. Dr. Hasty, D.O., FACOI, is extremely popular, especially among his students because of his expertise in internal medicine and his dedication to helping them succeed.
As he walks through HPD Café, the well-dressed and bespectacled doctor preaches to his enthusiastic students the Three As to success in medicine: Affability, Availability and Ability. At 34, Dr. Hastys mastery of the three As helped him become one of the youngest professors at NSUs College of Osteopathic Medicine.
During his short tenure, Dr. Hasty has started the NSU medical school Grand Rounds, a monthly lunch meeting where physicians, other healthcare professionals and professors from across South Florida talk about medical issues ranging from mental health to radiology. Dr. Hasty has also been a leading NSU researcher on obesity as well as Coumadin, a blood thinner drug.
Aside being a mentor to his students and a caregiver for his patient, Dr. Hasty is also a dedicated researcher.
He is currently the principal investigator for the ROCKET-AF study to find a replacement for the blood thinner Coumadin. Currently, patients taking the drug, also known as warfarin, are experiencing irregular heartbeat because it has many serious side effects. The ROCKET-AF study, which Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical has chosen NSUs medical school as a site for its Coumadin test trials. Dr. Hasty is investigating a possible replacement drug called rivaroxaban.
His other area of research is obesity, a topic he lectures about across the country. His goal is to raise public awareness about the issue, and to develop innovative medications that can reduce obesity. Hes hoping to eventually get federal research dollars for his project.
Pablo J. Calzada, D.O., M.P.H., FAAFP
Since joining Nova Southeastern Universitys College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003, Dr. Pablo J. Calzada, D.O., M.P.H., FAAFP, has been a leader and innovator in providing top-quality health care. His efforts to provide comprehensive and compassionate care were rewarded over the years with a promotion to the position of chair of the Department of Family Medicine and being named as medical director of NSUs medical clinics. He is now the assistant dean of clinical operations.
As he celebrates his sixth year at NSU, Dr. Calzada is looking toward the future by continuing to provide patient care and conducting clinical and primary care research. “Ive always kept active in providing patient care by seeing patients by myself or with residents at least one day a week,” said Dr. Calzada, who also served as interim DME at Broward General Medical Center from June 2007 through March 2008. “I have also maintained several ongoing projects in which some research is being done at the primary care level to look at what we can do to improve our medical clinics.
He has participated in a project on community engagement with NSUs Center for Psychological Studies to conduct a combined interdisciplinary approach to help enhance the level of care NSU provides. He has also worked on a project with health care providers at NSUs North Miami Beach clinic. The project involves using a postdoctoral fellow from the NSUs Center for Psychological Studies to counsel patients who suffered from mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, so they could be seen promptly within at NSUs Health Care Centers instead of being referred somewhere else.
Robert Hasty, D.O., FACOI 
Pablo J. Calzada, D.O., M.P.H., FAAFP
Since joining Nova Southeastern Universitys College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003, Dr. Pablo J. Calzada, D.O., M.P.H., FAAFP, has been a leader and innovator in providing top-quality health care. His efforts to provide comprehensive and compassionate care were rewarded over the years with a promotion to the position of chair of the Department of Family Medicine and being named as medical director of NSUs medical clinics. He is now the assistant dean of clinical operations.
As he celebrates his sixth year at NSU, Dr. Calzada is looking toward the future by continuing to provide patient care and conducting clinical and primary care research. “Ive always kept active in providing patient care by seeing patients by myself or with residents at least one day a week,” said Dr. Calzada, who also served as interim DME at Broward General Medical Center from June 2007 through March 2008. “I have also maintained several ongoing projects in which some research is being done at the primary care level to look at what we can do to improve our medical clinics.
He has participated in a project on community engagement with NSUs Center for Psychological Studies to conduct a combined interdisciplinary approach to help enhance the level of care NSU provides. He has also worked on a project with health care providers at NSUs North Miami Beach clinic. The project involves using a postdoctoral fellow from the NSUs Center for Psychological Studies to counsel patients who suffered from mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, so they could be seen promptly within at NSUs Health Care Centers instead of being referred somewhere else.
