VCOM 2020 Annual Report

RESEARCH

Poster CompetitionWinners

CLINICAL STUDIES

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First Place 1. Carrie Downing-Larick, DO, VCOM-Carolinas Class of 2020 Kawasaki Disease: Do Early Diagnosis and Treatment Improve Outcome and Prevent Complications? Second Place 2. Jordan Hiegel, OMS-III, VCOM-Virginia Assessing Healthy Eating Attitudes And Behaviors of Caregivers at a Local Pediatric Clinic In Southwest Virginia Third Place 3. Arley Rodriguez, VCOM-Virginia, incoming student Age, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Waist Circumference in Adult Woman of El Salvador First Place 4. Zachary Kline, OMS-II, VCOM-Carolinas Computational Fluid Dynamics Calculations Validate Increased Flow and Decreased Shear Stress In The Left Common Carotid Artery Originating From The Brachiocephalic Trunk Second Place 5. Rebecca Oksnevad, OMS-II, VCOM-Carolinas M3 Receptor Inhibition Synergistically Enhances The Anticancer Activity Of Cisplatin In Esophageal Adenocarcinomas BIOMEDICAL STUDIES

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CLINICAL CASE-BASED REPORTS

First Place 10. Erica Rubin OMS-III, VCOM-Carolinas Invasive Sinusitis With Arcanobacterium Haemolyticum And Fusobacterium Necrophorum Complicated By Subdural Empyema In An Immunocompetent Young Adolescent Second Place 11. Elexander Atkinson, DO, VCOM-Carolinas Class of 2020 A Case Of Primary Angiitis Of The Central Nervous System In A Young Female Third Place 12. Brandon Pacyna OMS-III, VCOM-Virginia Evaluation Of Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction In A NCAA Division-I Women’s Track And Field Athlete

Third Place 6. Zil Shah OMS-II, VCOM-Carolinas

A Potent Multi-Kinase Targeting Pyrrolo [2, 3-D] Pyrimidine Derivative Exhibits Significant Anticancer Activity In P53 Mutant And Wild Type Models Of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

First Place 7. Abbie West, OMS-II, VCOM-Carolinas The Impact Of An Educational Program On Medical Students To Enhance Knowledge And Awareness Of Elder Abuse Second Place 8. Melissa Valletti, MA, OMS-I, VCOM-Virginia Outcomes Of An Educational And Clinical Intervention In A Four Month Multiphase Nutrition Assessment Of Salvadoran Women Third Place 9. Rachel Burke, OMS-I, VCOM-Carolinas Resident Non Grata: Osteopathic General Surgery Residents Conspicuously Absent From The Majority Of University Programs

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