by B. Thomas Kempf, DPM | Jun 19, 2024
Dr. Kempf received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine in 1998. He completed his residency at Northport Veteran’s Hospital in 2000. He achieved board certification in surgery as of 2006. Dr. Kempf opened Sayville Foot Care in 2005, where he specializes in foot and ankle pain, diabetic foot care, heel pain, and treatment of many elderly patients. He was Program Director for 2 years for the Podiatric Residency Training Program at the Northport VA, and was Past President of Suffolk County Podiatric Medical Association. Dr. Kempf is affiliated with Long Island Community Hospital and Southside Hospital. He is an active member of the New York State Podiatric Medical Association and American Podiatric Medical Association.
by Wai Lang Lau M.D. | Jun 19, 2024
Dr. Wai Lang Lau earned her M.D. at SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse in 1995 and completed her residency from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Her Fellowship in General Nephrology was also at UMass and a Glomerular Fellowship at Columbia University New York Prespeterian hospital. She has 2 offices located at 1600 SW Archer Road in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Lau specializes in Glomerular Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Chronic Kidney disease,. She has numerous publications to her credit. She is currently the principal investigator of a clinical study in IGA Glomerular Nephritis that is actively recruiting participants. She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and Board Certified from the American Board of Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
by David R. Chaplin | Jun 19, 2024
David R. Chaplin earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Texas. He is owner of Shields Service, a family-owned and operated service shop, located at 202 South Goliad Street, in Rockwall, Texas. With more than 49 years of auto care experience, at Shields Service you will get professional service from one of the most experienced service teams in the area. He specializes in automotive repair, state inspections, tires, oil changes, head light replacement, battery replacements, maintenance, and Inspection training. In his free time, he enjoys coaching baseball and football games.
by John Telford Ed.D. | Jun 19, 2024
Dr. John Telford earned an Ed.D., a Master’s in Education/Curriculum Development, and a B.A. in English from Wayne State University. He has taught, coached, and administrated in several institutions at the high school and college levels, and he is a retired Superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools. John is also an Author, Poet, Newspaper Columnist and Radio Talk Show Host. He has six published books, including a 2010 Autobiography, ‘A Life on the Run – Seeking & Safeguarding Social Justice’, many of which are available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon.com. He also sends signed books upon request if contacted at DrJohnTelfordEdD@aol.com or at (313) 460-8272. Other books include ‘What OLD MEN Know’, The lifelong ‘Poetic Prancings of mad John’, ‘Creative Insubordination’, and ‘The Poet-Emperor of EARTH.’ An NCAA and NAAU All-America quarter-miler in 1957, John is in a number of Athletic Halls of Fame. In his free time, he enjoys boating, painting, playing violin and swimming. His website is www.AlifeontheRUN.com. Friend him on Facebook, and check him out on Detroit Internet Television (DETipTV.com).
by Steven Jonas MD | Jun 19, 2024
Dr. Steven Jonas holds a B.A. from Columbia College, 1958, received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1962, earned an M.P.H. from Yale School of Medicine in 1967 and completed his residency in Preventive Medicine/Public Health at New York City Department of Health in the same year. He also received an M.S. in Health Management at Wagner School of New York University in 1997. He is Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY (retired, Jan. 2, 2014). Over the course of his career his major foci of work have been in health policy, regular exercise and sport (triathlon and duathlon racing), health and wellness promotion, drug policy reform, and U.S. politics. He is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences (elected), the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Public Health Association, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Medicine (UK). He is a Past President of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (now known as the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research), and a past member of the New York State Board for Medicine. He is a recipient of: the Founders’ Medal, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, for Contributions to Medical Education (1982); the Duncan Clark Career Achievement Award from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (2006), the Faculty Recognition Award of the Graduate Program in Public Health, Stony Brook University (2008): and the Yale School of Public Health, Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010. He has authored, co-authored, edited and co-edited 19 books of his own and has collaborated on 17 others, including, among others: the first text book on the US health care system, Jonas-Kovner’s Health Care Delivery in the United States, first published in 1977 (currently in its 12th ed.); Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals (1986); Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (1996); The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S. 1981-2002 (1996; 3rd version, 2013); ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine tm: A Clinician’s Guide to Exercise Prescription (2009); Duathlon Training and Racing for Ordinary Mortals®: Getting Started and Staying with It; and, most recently, Ending the Drug War; Solving the Drug Problem: The Public Health Approach (2016). He has also published a monthly column on the website of USA-Triathlon for many years. Since the early 2000s has published columns on various political webmagazines including OpEdNews.com and buzzflash.com. His personal political website is Stevenjonaspolitics.com, on which virtually all of his political columns (by 2020 approaching 1000 in total) can be found. In 2016 he was selected as an Honored Member for the “Top Doctors Honors Edition of Trademark Who’s Who.” In 2019 he received the “Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award” from The Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board. In 2020 he received the “Top Doctor 2020” award from The Global Directory of Who’s Who. Also, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, in 1958, his biography has appeared annually in Who’s Who in America since 1988 and he has been a Mensan since 1988.
