VCOM Auburn Yearbook 2019

More About the Honor The Student DO of the Year (SDOY) award honors and recognizes an osteopathic medical student who is committed to the principles of leadership, community service, dedication and professionalism. Each school hosts their own individual selection process to choose a student who has made outstanding contributions to the osteopathic profession. Each school then sends its nomination to the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents National Selection Committee. The National Committee consists of representatives from the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA), the Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME), the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), the Council of Interns and Residents (CIR), the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP) and the previous Student DO of the Year winner. The Student DO of the Year must be a full-time student at a college/ school of osteopathic medicine and cannot be a previous school nominee for Student DO of the Year.

Regional, State and National Leadership Positions

Michael Brisson Class of 2019 Board Member at Large/ Military Liaison for the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics (IAFCCP), 2017-present Committee Member for the National EMS Quality Alliance (NEMSQA), 2018-present Second Lieutenant / Drug and Safety Officer for Enterprise Rescue, Inc. (ERI), 2019-present Medical Advisor for the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA), 2019-present Item Writer for the International Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC), 2014-present Vice Chair, Medical Student Section for the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA), 2018-2019 Aeromedical Evacuation Officer for the Alabama Army National Guard (ALARNG), 2015-present

Carol Harden Class of 2020 Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Osteopathic Schools Committee Co-Chair 2019-2020 Vice Chair for SNMA Osteopathic Schools Committee 2018-2019 Journal of the Student

Joseph Matthew Bauer Class of 2019

Student Ambassador for the American Medical Association, 2016-2019

National Medical Association Editor for the Student National Medical Association 2017-2019

Sergeine Lezeau Class of 2020 Student National

Medical Association National Publications Committee Chair, 2017-2019 Journal of the Student National Medical Association Editor-in-Chief, 2017-2020 American Osteopathic Association liaison, 2019-2020

Joselyn Miller Class of 2021

Region 4 Community Service Liaison (AL, GA, FL, NC, SC, Caribbean, and Puerto Rico) for the Student National Medical Association

Caitlin Marshall Class of 2021 Vice President for National

Student Socity of the American College of

Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (NSS-ACOOG) 2018-2019

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