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Medical Students Win Research Poster Competition
(front row from left): Dennis Penzell, D.O. (judge and COM associate professor of internal medicine); Janet Hamstra, Ed.D. (head judge and COM director of preclinical education; Sonia Daryanani, D.O. (internal medicine resident at Broward Health Medical Center); Erin Speck, D.O. (internal medicine resident at Broward Health Medical Center); Delali Blavo, D.O. (internal medicine resident at Magnolia Regional Health Center). Pictured (back row from left) are: Susan Ledbetter (judge and COM associate professor of family medicine); Joseph De Gaetano, D.O., M.S.Ed (COM associate dean for clinical curriculum/GME); Simon Zeichner, D.O. (internal medicine resident at Mount Sinai Medical Center); Maria Farrell, D.O. (family medicine resident at Broward Health Medical Center); OMS-III Jamie Mazzurco (COM research fellow); Matthew Geromi, D.O. (psychiatry resident at Larkin Community Hospital; Idelxy Perez, M.D. (psychiatry resident at Larkin Community Hospital; and Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D. (COM dean).
Simultaneous to the Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) Residency Fair, which was held on Nov. 2, the Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education (CEME) held its Fourth Annual Scientific Research Poster Competition. For the first time this year, COM students were allowed to submit research posters in the competition. A record number of individuals from the various CEME affiliates located throughout Florida and the Southeast, along with COM students, submitted posters. All posters were judged based on the format and completeness of abstract, the overall poster appearance, and the entrant’s oral presentation. Additionally, case presentations were judged on the originality, clinical relevance, and uniqueness of the case; the background, differential diagnosis, and clinical discussion of the case; whether the conclusions are supported by clinical rationale; and the value and clinical relevance of the case as stated by the entrant. Experimental research presentations were judged on the originality, clinical relevance, and uniqueness of the research topic; whether the objectives, hypothesis, data analysis, and results were clear; whether the methods were clear and reproducible, and whether the conclusions were in accordance with the results.
Cash prizes of $500, $250, and $100 were awarded to the first-, second-, and third-place finishers in each category. Following are the poster competition winners:
Experimental Research
First Place
“The Effect of Gender Differences in Numeracy Skills on Health Literacy”
Jamie Mazzurco, M.P.H. (NSU-COM research fellow) and Raymond L. Ownby, M.D., Ph.D. (NSU-COM professor of psychiatry)
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale
Second Place
“Determination of Local Uropathogen Resistance Trends in Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis and Development of Treatment Protocol”
Maria Farrell, D.O. (resident), Stella Elberg, D.O. (resident), Gaelle Laurore, D.O. (resident), and Tye Barber, D.O. (NSU-COM assistant professor of family medicine)
Family Medicine Residency, Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale
Third Place
“Trends in Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Miami Beach from 1987-2007”
Simon B. Zeichner, D.O. (resident), Ana L. Ruiz, CTR. (Mount Sinai Medical Center physician), Gabriel P. Suciu, Ph.D. (NSU-COM professor of public health and biostatistics), Rachel Lerner Zeichner, M.S. (NSU Department of Clinical Psychology), Richard L. Theriault, D.O. (MD Anderson Cancer Center physician), and Estelamari Rodriguez, M.D. (Mount Sinai Medical Center physician)
Internal Medicine Residency, Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach
Case Studies
First Place
“Cocaine: What Not to Do Before Scuba Diving”
Erin Speck, D.O. (resident), Sonia Daryanani, D.O. (resident), Carlos Gutierrez-Hevia, M.D. (Broward Health Medical Center physician), and Natasha Bray, D.O. (NSU-COM assistant professor of internal medicine)
Internal Medicine Residency, Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale
Second Place
“Intentional Ingestion of Foreign Objects by a 33-Year-Old Male”
Matthew Geromi, D.O. (resident), Idelxy Perez, M.D. (resident), and Marjorie Caro, M.D. (Larkin Community Hospital physician)
Psychiatry Residency, Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami
Third Place
“Wellens Syndrome”
Delali O. Blavo, D.O. (resident), Emad Mohamed M.D. (Magnolia Regional Health Center physician), James C. Gilmore M.D. (Magnolia Regional Health Center physician), and David Pizzimenti, D.O. (Magnolia Regional Health Center physician)
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Mississippi