VCOM - Auburn 2017 Yearbook

Honors and Achievements, continued

David Coffey, DO, FAAO, FCA June, 2015: elected President of the Osteopathic Cranial Academy Foundation. January, 2016: Assumed presidency of the Alumni Board of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. March, 2016: Elected to the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Osteopathy for a three year term. March 19, 2016: Received a Lifetime Honor Award for exemplary dedication and generosity to the osteopathic profession. Given by the Foundation for Osteopathic Research and Continuous Education (FORCE).

Scholarship Board – Rural Scholars, Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) Alabama Academic Family Medicine Council Member Alabama Rural Health Association (ARHA) Board Member American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Board of Deans Auburn University Interprofessional Education Committee Auburn University Sports Medicine Oversight Board Academic Poster Presentation: “VCOM is Working to Reduce the Physician Shortage in the Rural and Underserved Areas of Alabama,” Alabama-Germany Partnership Business Seminar, Friday, March 3, 2017, VCOM-Auburn

Virginia, caring for soldiers, retirees and their families. Also served as a Flight Surgeon Instructor at the U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine, Fort Rucker, Alabama. Served as an Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Awards: In April 2017, the “Colonel Paul Brisson Patient Safety Award” was presented to a general surgeon at the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia. Posters/Abstract presentations: 1. Non-conformity of duodenal anatomic naming and the impact on surgical care. Poster. The Bureau of International Osteopathic Medicine (BIOM) 18th Annual International Seminar, Anaheim, Calif. September 17, 2016. 2. Cricoid Pressure for the Medical Student. Abstract. Medical Association of the State of Alabama Research Symposium. Montgomery Ala., April 14, 2017 3. Surgical Procedures in the Anatomy Lab. Poster. Medical Association of the State of Alabama Research Symposium. Montgomery Ala., April 14, 2017 Publications: (See more about Dr. Brisson’s publications at www.vcom.edu/publications-and- presentations/auburn) 1.) Oberle M, Wachs T., Brisson P.A. Garlic burn to the face. J Spec Oper Med 16 (4), 80-81. Winter, 2016. 2.) Weimer B.C., Barger K.M., Brisson P.A., Ruffin W.C., Krautter D.S., Brisson P.A.. Cricoid pressure for the medical student. Education in Medicine Journal. June, 2017 Instructor: 1. United States Army School of Aviation Medicine: Flight Surgeon Course 2. UAB: Advanced Trauma Life Support course: Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma course Volunteer General Surgeon 1. Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va. 2. Medical Ministry International, Dominican Republic

Randall DeArment, DO, FACOFP Served with COCA (Commission for Osteopathic College Accreditation) to inspect multiple osteopathic colleges Courtney E. Gamston, ScM, PharmD Presentations/Posters: • ESPA Conference Presentation, Auburn, Ala.: Women’s Health – Issues for Women 40-

Glenn Nordehn, DO, FACOI, FACP DO Day on Capitol Hill April COCA meeting Auburn Chamber of Commerce event in March Curriculum and

for accreditation.

Assessment Subcommittee Dean’s Counsel Member U.S./Mexico Border Summit Meeting of Associate Deans of Simulation & Technology, monthly

Terri L. Plundo,DO, FACOFP COMLEX-USA Level 2 PE – Case Development COMLEX-USA Level 2 PE – SOAP Note Grader COCA Inspector

60…The Story Evolves • Boshell Diabetes Research Program Research Day: Poster Presentation: “Assessment of the feasibility of utilizing an employer-based biometric screening program to prospectively recruit individuals with prediabetes into a diabetes prevention program” • Conversations in Teaching (Auburn University): Poster Presentation: “Implementation of Team-Based Learning in an Osteopathic Medical school Pharmacology Course” Committee/Board Service: • VCOM: Promotion Board, Faculty Senate, Curriculum and Assessment block Committee

National ACOFP Committees: Women’s Health & Leadership Committee and Federal & State Legislation Committee Faculty Paul Brisson, MD,

Served as a volunteer general surgeon at Fort Belvoir Army Hospital in

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