COM Outlook Summer/Fall 2019

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 37 They also presented their case report at the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Spring Forum held May 3–5 in Orlando, Florida. Naushira Pandya , M.D., CMD, FACP, professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics, received the James Pattee Award for Excel- lence in Education on March 9 at the annual meeting of the AMDA– The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. The award is bestowed annually to an indivi- dual in recognition of significant contributions to the AMDA’s educational goals, as well as to advanced education specific to post-acute/long-term care practice. Saamia Shaikh , class of 2020, won first place in the Best Case Report (podium presentation) category at the South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) annual meet- ing held March 16 in Fort Lauder- dale. Shaikh’s report was titled “Surgical Management of Incidental Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Ex Goblet Cell Carcinoid Tumor with Appendectomy, Secondary Right Hemicolectomy, and Abdominal Wall Resection.” Third-year student Gabriela Teixeira and fourth-year student Christina Baxter received the first-place award for their research project “Children’s Wellness Program: Enhancing Educational Attainment Through Improved School Health” at the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians conference held April 11–14 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. o Third-year students Nicholas Wawrzyniak , left, and Gabrielle McDermott , who are KPCOM predoctoral osteopathic principles and practice fellows, swept the top two awards at the poster competition held in conjunction with the American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation, held March 13–17 in Orlando, Florida. Wawrzyniak captured first-place honors for his poster “Regional Dependence of Myofascial Meridians in Chronic Low Back Pain,” while McDermott won second place for her poster “Orbital OMT for Grave Situations: Treating Exophthalmos.” KPCOM students have won first place in this national competition for three consecutive years. Elizabeth Barley , a Bachelor of Science in Public Health student, received a first-place award for her research poster “A Study of Pediatric Oral Health in Ahwa, Gujarat, India.” She presented her research at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium held April 5 at NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus.