Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to serve on the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council. Dr. Pandya also was invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). Dr. Pandya also runs the NSU-COM Geriatric Clinic at the City of Pembroke Pines Southwest Focal Point Senior Center.