Summer 2013 COM Outlook | NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

17 COM Outlook . Summer 2013 Research/Scholarly Activity - Faculty and Student Achievements 16 Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD , professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics, was elected vice president of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) in March. In addition, she was involved in several activities at the AMDA’s national meeting held March 21-24 in Washington, D.C. They included participat- ing in a live-streamed work- shop on “The Beers List Made Real,” serving as a facilitator at the “In the Trenches: Peer- Group Roundtable Discussion on Diabetes,” and co-present- ing on the topic “Evaluation of Diabetes Management in 29 Long-Term Care and Rehab Patients: A Quality Improve- ment Project.” In addition, she chaired the session on “Puberty and Aging” and presented a lecture entitled “Pituitary Dys- function in the Frail Elderly: Clues from a Nursing Home Database” at the 2 nd Annual World Congress of Endobolism held May 21 in Xian, China. She also coauthored a paper entitled “Contributions of Basal and Prandial Hyperglycemia to Total Hyperglycemia in Older and Younger Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus” that was published in the April 2013 is- sue of the Journal of the Ameri- can Geriatrics Society. 17 Arif M. Rana, Ph.D., Ed.S. , assistant professor of biomedical informatics and medical education, received his Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) degree on May 19 from Rutgers University Graduate School of Education in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Rana was also awarded the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from the Har- rington Institute in Los Gatos, California. The goal of Lean Six Sigma is to train individuals in the philosophy and meth- odology in quality manage- ment by improving workflow processes, minimizing waste and resources, and delivering better results and outcomes. 18 Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., RD , presented a lecture entitled “Long-Term Care Issues in the U.S. and European Union: Issues for Comparison and Areas for Collaboration” at the 4 th international meeting of geriatric health care providers from the European Union held April 26-27 in Prague, Czech Republic. She also represented the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine as a member of the MedEdPORTAL Interprofes- sional Education Collaborative Advisory Committee, which 17 21 18 19 20 22 23 is a component of a program within the Association of American Medical Colleges that works with national or- ganizations representing the various health professions. 19 Janet Roseman, Ph.D., R-DMT , assistant professor of medical education, created a video entitled Honoring the Medicine: Student Physicians Create Oaths of Healing with technical coordination by Arif M. Rana, Ph.D., Ed.S. , as- sistant professor of biomedi- cal informatics and medical education. In addition, her abstract entitled “Honoring the Medicine” was accepted for presentation at the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health’s Fifth Annual Spirituality and Health Summer Institute, which was held July 10-13 in Washington, D.C. 20 Elliot Sklar, Ph.D. , as- sistant professor of family medicine/public health and Project HOPE project manag- er, and Kristi Messer, M.P.H., M.S.W. , assistant project manager of the Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, presented an award-winning poster at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Conference and Policy Symposium held March 14-16 in Washington, D.C. The poster, entitled “A Survey of Academic Cur- ricula Addressing the Health Care Needs of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness,” won the Best at the Confer- ence honor and includes the successful work of second- year students Samantha Berr , Andrew Garrett , and Britta Gray . Due to their win, the presenters won free confer- ence registration to next year’s conference, which will be held in May 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 21 Sweta Tewary, Ph.D., M.S.W. , clinical assistant professor, evidence-based practice project director, and coordinator of interprofes- sional geriatric research, coauthored a manuscript with Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD , professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics, and Nicole Cook, Ph.D., M.P.A. , assistant professor of public health. The article, entitled “Prevalence of Foot Problems in Nursing Homes: Retrospective Chart Reviews,” was accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of the Annals of Long-Term Care . 24