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school that will serve a five-state region in the northwestern corner
of the country is planned for Yakima, a city in south central
Washington state, and will begin operating in 2007 . Lloyd Butler, the board's vice president.s, and is the accrediting agency for all
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chairman and chief executive officer, TeamHealth .
Initial plans involve building an 80,000-square-foot facility that
will support both instruction and school administrative operations.
Eventually the school will grow into a 30-acre master-planned campus."
David McFadden, President of the Yakima County Development
Association, noted: "This is a huge plus for Yakima and the entire
Northwest region.

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S. SCOTT ROSENTHAL, PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES PODIATRIC MEDICAL
SOCIETY:

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New Medical School Slated for Yakima Wash.; Osteopathic Medical School First of its Kind in the Northwest

Graduates will
receive a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree and move on to
residency training as fully licensed physicians. "At
the same time, our team is very optimistic . The
management team has built national and regional partnerships to
underpin the university's success and attract bright, talented people
to Yakima.s). It has helped dozens of companies expand and locate
operations in Yakima County (www.

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The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences will
be the only medical school in the state of Washington located outside
Seattle.
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muscles, bones and organs in applying a philosophy of treating the
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PLANTAR FASCIITIS OR HEEL PAIN , A CONDITION WHERE TOO MUCH STRESS IS PUT ON
THE HEEL BONE AND THE TISSUES THAT SURROUND IT. KNOXVILLE , Tenn.

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THE DISORDER IS OFTEN AT ITS WORST WHEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING
AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY SHARP, KNIFE-LIKE PAIN IN THE HEEL WHEN YOU FIRST
STAND UP. The private four-year
university, which will begin admissions in 2007, expects incoming
classes of approximately 100 medical students annually. The economic impact of the university will be significant
within the Yakima region, and further demonstrate to a five-state
region what a vital gem of a community we have.

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About TeamHealth
TeamHealth is the nation's largest provider of outsourced physician
staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare
providers.
"We have a big job to do in terms of raising funds for this
institution ," said Dr.us) and the City of
Yakima (www.yakima.

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prnewswire. "I am pleased to have served in the role of executive
vice president, finance and administration, during such an important period of
growth and success in TeamHealth's history , and feel that I have accomplished
the objectives that I had established when I first joined TeamHealth .O.co.

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IF YOU SUFFER FROM ANY FOOT PROBLEM CONSULT A DOCTOR OF PODIATRIC
MEDICINE. TeamHealth
provides comprehensive staffing and administrative services for emergency
medicine, hospital medicine , critical care, teleradiology, anesthesiology,
pediatrics, and other hospital-based clinical services .

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YAKIMA, Wash.
The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences will teach
osteopathic medicine and is anticipated to draw students from
Washington , Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
"We are proud to be in a position of training much needed
physicians dedicated to improving healthcare in the Pacific
Northwest," said Greg Mick, D.

About New Vision: New Vision, the Yakima County Development
Association (www. Founded in 1985, New Vision has worked
to create jobs and secure public and private capital for expanding
companies.ci.

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About the American Osteopathic Association: The AOA
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AND TODAY, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE,
WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN SPORTS AT AN EARLY AGE, ARE DEVELOPING HEEL PAIN. Our team is committed to quality - we will recruit an
outstanding faculty, and accept truly qualified and dedicated
students. It satisfies a community need and enhances our tool
box with a new specialty healthcare and educational offering.

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"First of all, I want to thank my TeamHealth colleagues for their
friendship and the working relationships developed over the past five years,"
said Bob Abramowski. Abramowski has
agreed to make himself available to assist in transitioning his
responsibilities during a six-month transition period.O.wa.

Osteopathy is an established recognized system of diagnosis and treatment, which lays its main emphasis on the structural and functional integrity of the body.

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David Jones, TeamHealth's chief financial officer , will assume
responsibility for TeamHealth's finance and accounting functions, and Greg
Roth, TeamHealth president and chief operating officer, will assume
responsibility for TeamHealth's administrative functions.

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I thank him for all he has done for TeamHealth and
wish him well in his future endeavors ," said Lynn Massingale, M.com) is a countywide nonprofit agency that works
to diversity the local economy.

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"Bob's contributions to TeamHealth over the past five years have been
numerous and significant. There are 22 osteopathic medical schools nationwide. The AOA serves as the primary
certifying body for D.yakima.

It is distinctive by the fact that it recognizes that much of the pain and disability which we suffer stems from abnormalities in the function of the body structure as well as damage caused to it by disease.

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His
last day with TeamHealth will be January 31, 2006.

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TeamHealth Announces Resignation of Its Executive Vice President Finance and Administration

"Our university will provide
aspiring doctors an excellent opportunity to study cutting-edge
medicine.
Osteopathic medicine is one of the fastest growing healthcare
practices in the country, according to the American Osteopathic
Association, which represents more than 54 ,000 osteopathic physicians.O.

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, TeamHealth announced
today that Robert "Bob" Abramowski has resigned from his position as executive
vice president, finance and administration, to pursue other interests .

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NEW YORK, THIS IS A MULTIVU SPECIAL REPORT.

EACH YEAR MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U. TeamHealth serves more than 490 hospital clients and their
affiliated clinics and surgical centers in 44 states with a team of
approximately 5,000 physicians, mid-level providers, and nurses."
Currently, the closest osteopathic medical school is in
California.
School sponsors are raising $20 million to support new facilities
and operating costs, and have secured commitments for $3 million.us