VCOM - Auburn 2018 Yearbook

Honors and Achievements, continued

• Honors Award – Interior Design for Health & Education category

children at an early age for the onset of adult obesity, diabetes and hypertension in a rural segment of Alabama. A second goal is to educate and reinforce a healthy lifestyle that will help them compete not only on the playing field but in life. Thus, the project is designed to consist of three primary sections all of which function to help the athletes gain a better understanding of the lifelong commitment to health, wellness and fitness.

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

Ward Stevens Appointed to the board of the Virginia Rural Health Association. Invited speaker: Virginia Rural Health Association; 10/25/2017; The Health Care Workforce Pipeline

Glenn Nordehn, DO, FACOI, FACP Appointed to the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) Governmental Affairs Committee. This committee reviews

Paul Brisson, MD, Publications Weimer BC, Barger KM, Brisson MP, Ruffin WC, Krautter DS, Brisson PA. Cricoid pressure for the medical student. Education in Medicine

for Rural Virginia Chair - Council for Rural Virginia

VCOM-Auburn Administration

existing and proposed Federal legislation and advocates on issues of importance to Osteopathic Internists and the profession.

Journal. 2017;9(2):47–50 Brisson S, Purkey S, Brisson M (2017) Medical Students’ Attitudes Regarding the Impact of a Therapy Dog Program on Anxiety Levels: A Pilot Study. J Psychiatry Depress Anxiety 3: 010. (Faculty Advisor) Wallace C, Neal A, Brisson PA, “Non- conformity in the Anatomical Description of the Duodenum and the Impact on Clinical Communication” Journal of Medical Education. In print Poster Presentations Non-conformity in duodenal naming and the impact on clinical communication. Poster. Annual meeting: American College of Osteopathic. Washington, DC. October 11, 2017. Critical factors in obtaining a surgical residency. Poster presented at Student Osteopathic Surgical Association Conference, Auburn, AL December 3, 2017 Pathology Consultation in the Anatomy Lab, Courtney Johnson, Patrick McKeny, Paul Brisson, MD, David Stephen, DO. VCOM SC Research Day, Spartanburg, SC March 30, 2018 Mission Thyroidectomy. Poster presentation. 2018 Humanitarian Health Conference, Institute of Internal Medicine, April 12, 2018. Kansas City , MO Winning Poster Mission Thyroidectomy. 2018 Humanitarian Health Conference, Institute of Internal Medicine, April 12, 2018.

Elizabeth Palmarozzi, DO, FACOFP American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) Speaker, Congress of American College of

Williamson, Jake Committee/Board/ Council Chair of Admissions Committee Chair of Via Wellness Committee

Family Physicians (First Female Speaker) ACOFP Convention and Site Committee ACOFP Women’s Health and Leadership Committee ACOFP Resolutions Review Committee Chair ACOFP Constitution and Bylaws/Policy and Organizational Review Committee Southeast Alabama Health Educational Consortium (AHEC) Board of Directors Southeast Alabama Health Educational Consortium (AHEC) Advisory Board Alabama Osteopathic Medical Association (ALOMA) Appointee to the AOA House of Delegates Delegate to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House, 2 years American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House of Delegates Bylaws Committee Jack Hughston Foundation Board of Directors Scholarship Board – Rural Scholars, Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) Alabama Academic Family Medicine Council Member

Member of AACOM Diversity Committee Election or nomination as chair on a committee/board/council Elected AACOM Council on Student Affairs Liaison to COSGP

Faculty

Siraj Abdullah, DO Awarded $2,000 grant from American Medical

Society of Sports Medicine National

Organization for 2018 AMMSSM Foundation Local Humanitarian

Service Project. The Sports Medicine Department was one of five nationally to receive this award. Served on MASA 2017 and 2018 Reference Committee. The purpose of the 2018 AMSSM Foundation Local Humanitarian Service Project is multi-focal by design. One of the goals is to help identify at risk

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