Date:	April 16, 2008
Contact:	Ellen Averill (918) 561-8215

OSU Medicine adds faculty

TULSA, Okla.—Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa has added family medicine, internal medicine, surgery and rural health faculty members.

Jeffrey Chasteen, D.O., joins OSU as assistant professor of family medicine. He is a graduate of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice.

	John DeWitt, D.O., is clinical assistant professor of internal medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. and the American Society of Neuroimaging. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Neurology.
	Laurie A. Duckett, D.O., is clinical assistant professor of surgery. She is an OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate and completed fellowships at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic  Medicine and Cincinnati Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She is board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
	C. Michael Ogle, D.O., is director and adjunct clinical assistant professor of rural health. He is an OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate and is the 2007 Rural Health Association of Oklahoma’s Rural Physician of the Year. He is board certified in internal medicine and board eligible in emergency medicine. Dr. Ogle is medical director for the emergency departments at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid and for Woodward Regional Hospital in Woodward.  He is the president of Emergency Medical Services, Inc., an emergency physician staffing company. He is a member of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association's board of trustees and an Oklahoma delegate to the American Osteopathic Association.