VCOM - Virginia 2018 Yearbook

Awards and Honors Faculty and Staff (continued)

Virginia Academy of Family Medicine President-Elect for 2017-18 Research Poster “Longitudinal Correlation of Sleep Time, Strength Gains, and Performance in Collegiate Baseball Players: A Pilot Study” was presented at the 2018 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN in June 2018 Presented “Too Tired to Perform: Sleep deprivation and its effect on mood & performance in collegiate athletes” at the Case Presentation: “Groin Pain in Collegiate Soccer Player” was presented with Travis Nelson, MD, at the 2018 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN in June 2018 Presented “Exercise is Regenerative Medicine” and “Anti-Aging: The Effect of Sleep on Health and Common Sleep Disorders & Their Management in Primary Care” at VCOM’s Inaugural CME at Sea Conference Presented “Don’t Sleep Through This Lecture: 7 key principles every physician should know about the sleepy patient” at the 2017 Fall VOMA conference in Blacksburg in October 2017 1st Place, Best Bedside Manner Award, OurHealth Magazine for Roanoke Region, Sports Medicine 2nd Place, Roanoker Magazine “Top Docs”, Sports Medicine

• Silver Award—Inspired Mission Recruitment Display – Poster/Single category • Silver Award—“Inspired” AOF Honors Program Book, sponsor ads—Magazine Advertising—Series category Gold Summit Award for the 2017 Annual Report, Blue Ridge chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), November 2017 Annual Report Competition (ARC) International Awards, August 2017, for VCOM’s 2017 Annual Report: Inspired, a college where Vision, Caring and Osteopathic Medicine align • Bronze Award—Cover Photo/Design for Health & Education category • Honors Award—Interior Design for Health & Education category

Elijah Bailey and Cindy Shepard Rawlins with the 2017 Gold Summit Award received from the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America in Roanoke, VA for the 2017 VCOM Annual Report.

Ward Stevens, MS, FACHE Appointed to the board

Cindy Shepard Rawlins

of the Virginia Rural Health Association

Chair for Government Relations, American Advertising Federation (AAF), Roanoke Chapter Board of Directors

Invited speaker: Virginia Rural Health Association;

10/25/2017; The Health Care Workforce Pipeline for Rural Virginia Chair—Council for Rural Virginia

Member, AACOM Marketing and Communications Council The Communications division received awards for the following: 2018 Silver ADDY ® Award, Western Virginia Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, February 2018 Six Collegiate Advertising Awards, February 2018: • Gold Award—2017 Annual Report – Annual Report category • Gold Award—A Father’s Blessing, from the VCOM-Carolinas campus – Photo/ Illustration-Single category • Gold Award—2017 Holiday Card Bookmarks, from the VCOM-Auburn campus – Other/Misc category • Silver Award—Inspired to Go to Medical School – Online Ads, VCOM- Auburn – Internet/Advertising category

FACULTY

Mike Breiner, MD Submitted a utility patent for a vascular lip clamp to eliminate bleeding and facilitate closure for lip surgery

Ramu Anandakrishnan, PhD Co-authored three papers

Appointed to the Editorial Board of International Journal of Surgery and Research Obtained a $50,000 grant from Ethicon for Advanced Suturing Workshop Proctored students in Project Smile event that raised almost $10,000 in the last two years to financially support baby who was born with cleft lip and palate from Wytheville

Paper presentation at the Genomic Medicine conference, Feb 24-28, 2018, in Houston, TX

Del Bolin, MD, PhD July 2017—Promoted to Full Professor, Sports and Family Medicine

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