CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

Dr. Hasty attended the University of Miami where he completed his undergraduate studies with honors as a triple science major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Chemistry and Biology in 1996. He then went on to receive his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000.

He subsequently trained at Mt. Sinai Medical Center where he completed his training in Internal Medicine while receiving the Resident of the Year award for three straight years as well as receiving the Howard Kane Resident of the Year, being the first osteopathic physician ever to win that award in over forty years of academic medical training at Mt. Sinai. He also served as Chief Intern as well as Chief Resident during his training.

Dr. Hasty began his career as a Hospitalist & Internist for Cogent Healthcare at Lee Memorial Health Systems in Fort Myers, FL. He soon became Associate Lead Physician for Cogent Healthcare. Dr. Hasty had what he described as a “calling” to become an academic physician and joined NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine in March 2005. He served as the Founding Program Director of the Palmetto General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program and helped develop several other graduate medical education programs. He also served as the Vice Chair of the Internal Medicine Department at NSU. He was awarded the NSU Stuey Award for Co-Curricular Advisor of the Year in 2009. He was the recipient of the coveted Golden Apple Award by the graduation class of NSU-COM in 2008 and again in 2009 and 2011.

In 2013, Dr. Hasty became the Vice President of Medical Education and the Regional Associate Dean and later as Associate Dean for Postgraduate Affairs for Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine in North Carolina. During his tenure at Campbell University, he created 383 residency positions in 20 programs at 7 organizations and led the university to be awarded the AOA STAR award for the strategic planning that has created medical education opportunities in North Carolina for the next generation of osteopathic physicians. He has served on various boards, including the American College of Osteopathic Internists and the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators. Dr. Hasty was the Founding Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM), Idaho’s first medical school.

Dr. Hasty was awarded the 2023 Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine Morton Morris, DO, JD Award as well as the  2024 Presidential Achievement Award by the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association for the work done creating the Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine (OCOM). 

Dr. Hasty currently serves as the  Dean & Chief Academic Officer of the Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine (OCOM) and is a Past President of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Hasty is board certified in internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists as well as the American College of Physicians.

PRESIDENT

Mr. Toujague is a principal with Medical Impact Partners. In 2015, Chad Toujague founded Halo Health, an anesthesia staffing company to help the oldest-running public hospital in the United States continue their surgical services. This public/private relationship allowed the hospital to drastically improve its volume, outcomes, and efficiency to continue for an additional 4 years. Until recently, Mr. Toujague lead the Halo Health Anesthesia team and specialized in Trauma, Obstetrics and Cardiac.

As CEO of Halo Health, Mr. Toujague was able to grow Halo from a small staffing company based out of a single site in Washington, D.C. into a multistate operation encompassing over 15 hospitals and 10 hospital systems. In 2019, Mr. Toujague co-founded Halo Education (now Global health Initiative), a company based on increasing access to graduate level clinical degrees. These efforts continue with Global Health Initiative which is dedicated to the creation of OCOM in a strategic location that will serve a community in need.

Mr. Toujague’s current goals are in line with his role as managing partner of the Global Health Initiative, LLC and Medical Impact Partners to diversify the medical professions field and increase access to higher education. Our focus is on the development of OCOM, delivery of quality education and the fostering of clinical relationships that lead to improved teaching, improved clinical outcomes and true community impact.

The Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine will play a pivotal role in supporting not only the physician shortage in Florida, but globally. Through teaching methods that complex concepts ‘sticky’ our goal is to make sure that the highly qualified physicians that graduate from this institution will be able to act deftly in critical moments and be thought leaders in their specialties. Mr. Toujague is focused deeply on the quality of the student experience, clinical site development and improving public health and health care accessibility in the region.

Mr. Toujague is a board certified anesthesia provider (CAA) and holds a Masters of Anesthesia from Nova Southeastern University and a BS in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Anna Addonisio, MBA, CPA is the Chief Financial Officer for OCOM, bringing a broad range of higher education administration and corporate leadership experience that spans nearly thirty years.

As the college’s Chief Financial Officer, Addonisio responsible for financial solvency through the development, oversight, planning, and implementation of robust fiscal policies. Her roles encompass administering best practices for OCOM's finances, developing strategic plans to improve the company’s overall financial health. She also provides leadership and direction for the Business Office and Human Resources.

For over twenty years, Addonisio served in leadership roles within the State Universities of New York (SUNY), most recently as the VP for Finance and Administration at SUNY Cortland. In that role, she served as the Chief Financial Officer for the division of Finance and Management overseeing the areas of the Business Office, Facilities Management, Human Resources, Auxiliary Services, and Risk Management.

Previously, she had worked as Associate Vice Provost at SUNY Binghamton University and Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Operations at Binghamton’s Harpur College of Arts and Sciences. In this role, she directed and oversaw fiscal, human resources, and operational functions for a college of more than 10,000 students, twenty-six departments, and fourteen programs.

Addonisio earned both her bachelor’s degree in accounting and her M.B.A. from Binghamton University. She is a certified public accountant since 1993. During the 2015-16 academic year, Addonisio was a fellow with the American Council on Education, further developing her leadership skills at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She earned her certificate in the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education.