Mindfulness Lite and Calm/Safe Place

Thursday, February 25, 2021 12 pm - 1 pm

Our Speakers

We are pleased to announce the next speakers in our series on Stress Resilience in the Pandemic. Join IC Physician Assistant program faculty to explore some tools that can help ground you in uncertain times. Learn to build resilience through mindfulness and relieve your stress anywhere and anytime with calm/safe place.

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Susan Salahshor, PA, PhD

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Dr. Salahshor is the Founding Program Director of the Physician Assistant Program in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ithaca College. She has been a Physician Assistant (PA) for 25 years with experience in approximately 10 specialties. A 1994 graduate of St. John’s University/Bayley Seton PA Program, she has worked at Catholic Medical Center in Queens, NY, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Mayo Clinic Florida and in private practice. 

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Melodie Kolmetz, PA

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Ms. Kolmetz is a Founding Principal Faculty member of the Physician Assistant Program in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ithaca College. She is a 1995 graduate of the inaugural class of the Physician Assistant Program at Rochester Institute of Technology and has had a wide variety of clinical experiences in many settings including primary care, specialty care, emergency medicine, inpatient medicine, and outpatient medicine. She currently provides clinical care as part of the Rochester Regional Health Mobile Surgical Services team.

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