Dr. Fanancy L. Anzalone named Southeastern Alumnus of the Year
Contact: Christina Chapple
10/13/06
HAMMOND – Dr. Fanancy L. Anzalone, who retired earlier this year as one of the U.S. Navy’s top medical administrators, has been named Southeastern Louisiana University’s 2006 Alumnus of the Year.
A 1977 Southeastern graduate and former resident of Independence, Anzalone is now Miami Area Medical Administrator for American Airlines, overseeing more than 9,000 airline employees in an area that encompasses the eastern United States, Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Anzalone will be recognized at the Alumni Association’s annual Awards Evening during Southeastern Homecoming Week, Oct. 23-28. The event is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Twelve Oaks. The following day, he will reign as Grand Marshall of the university’s Homecoming Parade, which rolls in Hammond at 3 p.m. Tickets for the Awards Evening are available through the Alumni Association, 985-549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM.
Anzalone received a doctorate of medicine from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1981, when he was also commissioned in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant, Medical Corps, following completion of the Navy’s medical scholarship program. He retired as a captain in March 2006.
Prior to his retirement, Anzalone, as Director of Medical Resources, Plans and Policy, Chief of Naval Operations, was in charge of planning for all Naval medical operations worldwide. As the Surgeon General of the Navy’s representative to the Pentagon, he oversaw a $6.4 million medical budget. It was under his leadership that Navy hospital ships were sent to assist Gulf Coast residents following Hurricane Katrina.
Anzalone served as executive assistant to the Surgeon General of the Navy in 2003 and from 2000-2003 was the commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy.
Anzalone began his Naval career at the Naval Aerospace and Regional Medical Center in Pensacola, Fla., where he completed an internship in family practice. Following designation as a Navy Flight Surgeon in 1983, his first operational tour was at the Naval Hospital, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, where he participated in the Grenada operation and supported drug interdictions. He was then selected for the Navy’s Aerospace Medicine Residency during which he received a Master of Public Health in Environmental Science from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and was recognized as the outstanding student in the Environmental Science Department.
Upon completion of his residency from the Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute in June 1989, Anzalone reported to the aircraft carrier “USS Carl Vinson” as Senior Medical Officer. Under his supervision, his department received the coveted Blue “M” award for the best medical department in the Pacific Fleet.
His next tour of duty was as Senior Flight Surgeon at the Naval Station Mayport in Florida. He then reported as Executive Officer and interim Commanding Officer of the Naval Medical Clinic in Key West, Fla.
Anzalone served as director of academics at the Naval Operational Medical Institute and the first Officer in Charge of the re-established Naval Aerospace Medical Institute from 1998-2000. He became the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Naval Hospital in Naples in August 2000.
Anzalone’s personal decorations include two Legion of Merit Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals and the Navy Commendation Medal. He is board certified by the American College of Preventative Medicine in Aerospace Medicine and is a fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association.
He is married to the former Debra A. Mericantante, who has a doctorate in nursing, and they have two daughters, Tiffany, 26, and Tracy, 24.
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