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minimally invasive procedure called Subchondroplasty, and one on Meniscal Repairs with the former AANA President, Dr. Nicholas Sgaglione. Lastly, he was also published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association on a Case Presentation of Traumatic Bilateral Shoulder Dislocation.

Tameka Byrd, DO, was selected for the 2015-2016 Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Fellowship Program. TIPS is a yearlong fellowship program geared toward current

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osteopathic residents and fellows that will prepare its participants for leadership roles and/or positions of influence in health policy. It is offered through the New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine. Only 12 physicians are selected each year to participate. The fellowship will be completed while Dr. Byrd continues her current residency in Warner Robins, Georgia.

Mindy Tyree, DO, welcomed a healthy baby boy, Ronan Mehran, on September 7, 2015. He weighed seven pounds and 15 ounces.

Cristin Mathew, DO, recently became a Senior Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery in the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System in July. In August, Dr. Mathew married Jeslie Jose. Additionally, he was honored as a Resident Scholar at the Arthroscopy Association of

Jonathan Pierce, DO, won the 2015 AOA History Essay Competition for his essay, Great Minds Think Alike: How Drs. Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO and Sir William Osler, MD Derived Principles of Health and Propelled Medicine Toward Perfection.

North America (AANA) Meeting, where he was the only doctor of osteopathy to receive the award. Dr. Mathew also published three VuMedi videos in the past year, two on a relatively new

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