Summer 2013 COM Outlook | NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

15 COM Outlook . Summer 2013 Research/Scholarly Activity - Faculty and Student Achievements 1 OMS-III Sam Armstrong had his article entitled “Who Counts, Who Doesn’t: Human Value, Reproductive Free- dom, and the Abortion-on- Demand Debate” published on May 30 in an online maga- zine for medical students called in-Training . 2 Cheryl Atherley-Todd, M.D. , assistant professor of family medicine, won second prize for her poster entitled “Urinary Bladder Catheter Use in a Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Facility,” which was presented at the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Spring Conference held May 10-12 in Sarasota, Florida. 3 David Boesler, D.O. , associ- ate professor of neuromuscu- loskeletal medicine, presented lectures on “Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Commonly Missed Diagnosis” and “OMT Techniques for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome LAB” at the 57 th Annual Florida Academy of Osteopathy Conference held May 4-5 at NSU’s Health Professions Division. 4 Steve E. Bronsburg, Ph.D. , assistant professor of biomedi- cal informatics, Jennie Q. Lou, M.D., M.Sc. , professor of biomedical informatics, public health, and internal medicine and director of the Biomedical Informatics Program, and Kevin A. Clauson, Pharm.D. , adjunct associate professor of bio- medical informatics, presented lectures at Doctor’s Day held at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center on March 29. Dr. Bronsburg’s presentation focused on the topics “Health Insurance Portability and Ac- countability Act (HIPAA),” “Health Information Technol- ogy for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act,” and “Meaningful Use.” Dr. Clau- son’s lecture targeted “Con- sumer Health Informatics,” while Dr. Lou discussed the “Challenges and Opportunities in Health Information Technol- ogy (HIT)” and highlighted aspects of the NSU-COM Bio- medical Informatics Program. 5 OMS-I Michael A. Car- ranza, M.S. , authored a book entitled Parkinson’s Disease: A Guide to Medical Treatment that serves as a comprehensive and up-to-date guide for patients, caregivers, neurologists, and other medical professionals. Carranza, who earned his master’s degree in Pharmacol- ogy at the University of South Florida (USF) and worked in clinical neurological research at USF, hopes to become a neurologist and movement- disorder specialist once he graduates from NSU-COM. 6 Jason Cohen, M.S.L. , project director and training coordinator for NSU-COM’s Southeast Area Maritime Industry Training grant program (Project SEAMIST), authored an article entitled “Project SEAMIST” that was published in the April issue of Ports Association of Louisiana . Kelley Davis, Ph.D. , associate professor of microbiology in the College of Medical Sciences and a trainer for the Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (IDEP), is the principal investigator. The article discussed the project’s mission, which is to provide innovative and current health and safety training for workers in the maritime industry. 7 Stanley Cohen, Ed.D. , professor of humanities and executive vice dean for educational support at NSU’s Health Professions Division, presented a lecture on April 11 entitled “Increasing Workforce Value Through Effective Public Speaking Skills” for the 2013 Public Health Workforce Devel- 1 2 3 5 4 opment Series at the Broward Regional Health Planning Council in Hollywood, Florida. In addition, Dr. Cohen has been tapped by the Broward County Public Schools district to pres- ent lectures to various schools throughout Broward County, highlighting experiences from his book My Time with Einstein . 8 Paula Dilanchian, D.O., Pharm.D. , assistant professor of internal medicine, coau- thored several poster presenta- tions at the American College of Physicians Florida Chapter Annual Associates Meeting, which was held March 2-3 in Orlando. The posters were entitled “Mycobacterial in Cos- metic Surgery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature,” “Syphilis: Disease of the Past?” and “TNF Inhibitor Associated Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease.” She also coauthored an article entitled “Fatal Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Hepatitis in a Heart Transplant Recipient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature” in the April issue of Transplant Infectious Disease . 9 Janet Hamstra, Ed.D. , asso- ciate professor of internal med- icine and director of preclinical education, presented a lecture entitled “How to Handle Nega- 6 7 8