VCOM - Virginia 2016 Yearbook

Awards and Honors Faculty and Staff (continued)

Big South Conference Championships Blacksburg, Virginia, February 2016 Seattle Mariners Spring Training, Peoria, Arizona, March 2016 New York Yankees Spring Training, Tampa, Florida, March 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships, New York City, New York, March 2016 AOA’s Doctors That DO National Osteopathic Medicine Week photo contest winner, April 2016

James Palmieri, PhD Four journal publications (Visit vcom.edu for more information) Presentation at

Hope Tobey, DO National Conference Speaker - Selected Topics in Pediatric OMM - Pediatric Special Interest National Conference Speaker -

Group Co-Presenter- American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation. Orlando FL March 2016 STAFF Julianne Smartt Jordan, MA Served as a panelist

Southwest Virginia Society of Parasitology, Determination of weaning foods used in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Honduras and the impact they have upon gastrointestinal parasitic infections in children. May 2015. Presentation at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Determination of weaning foods used in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Honduras and the impact they have upon gastrointestinal parasitic infections in children. October, 2015

Beverly A. Rzigalinski, PhD, MS

for the HPANC (Health Professions Advisors of North Carolina), March 2016

Publication: Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Improve Outcome After In Vitro and In Vivo Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Chair - Nanomedicine Division, American Nanotechnology Society Section Editor - Frontiers in Biomechanics Editorial Board - J. Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutics Editorial Board - J. Nanostudies & Technology

Mark Rogers, DO George W. Northrup Educator of the Year SOMA Foundation Final runner up, March 2016 Fellow, American Academy of Family

Served as a panelist at the UC Davis Pre- Med and Pre-Health Profession National Conference in Davis, California, October 2015

Shannon C. Sampson, MPH 2016 Leadership New River Valley Class with the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce

Physicians (FAAFP), May 2015 LewisGale Montgomery Teacher of the Year—Family Medicine, 2015 Invited Speaker for the following: Joint Injection Workshop, VAFP Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, July 2015 Osteopathic Approach to the Pelvis in Athletes, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow Conclave, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 2015 Diagnosis and Management of Concussions, VOMA Fall Conference, Roanoke, Virginia, November 2015 Team/Tournament physician for the following special events: The Greenbrier Classic, PGA Event, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July 2015 New Orleans Saints Training Camp, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 2015 Appalachian League Minor League Baseball Playoffs, Pulaski, Virginia, August 2015 Camping World Independence Bowl, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 2015

Kenneth Schor, DO Co-Chair - VCOM Infectious Disease Committee VCOM Representative - Partners in Access to Healthcare (PAH)

VCOM Advisor to Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Students (VC) Three journal publications (Visit vcom.edu for more information)

Megan Thomas, DO Awarded Golden Apple Award for Clinical Faculty

Continued to serve as VCOM representative on the American College of Physicians Governor’s Panel

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