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COM Outlook . Winter 2014
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
First Place
“Female Farmworkers’ Access to and Experiences
with Prenatal Care in South Florida”
Jamie Mazzurco, M.P.H.
(student),
Steven Fan Zhang
(student),
and
M. Isabel Fernandez, Ph.D.
(NSU-COM professor)
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Second Place
“A Latent Class Analysis of United States Medical Students’
Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act”
Steven Fan Zhang
(student),
Jamie Mazzurco, M.P.H.
(student),
and
M. Isabel Fernandez, Ph.D.
(NSU-COM professor)
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Third Place
“Distal Femoral Arthroplasty Acute Complications
and Outcomes: A Retrospective Review”
Matthew Motisi
(student),
Kevin Weiss
(student), and
W. Vincent
Burke, M.D.
(Broward Health Medical Center physician)
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
CASE STUDIES
First Place
“Bilateral Subtrochanteric Fractures in
a Previous Long-Term
Alendronate Medicated Patient”
Jacob Triplet
(student),
Timothy Hawkes, D.O.
(resident), and
Sein
Lwin, M.D.
(Broward Health Medical Center physician)
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
and Orthopedic Medicine Residency Program at
Broward Health Medical Center
Second Place
“Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Situs Inversus
Totalis with Post-ERCP Pancreastitis and
Larkin Syndrome: A Novel Diagnosis”
Anthony Abraham, D.O.
(resident),
Philip Pack III, D.O.
(resident),
Joshua Simon, D.O.
(resident), and
Mohammad Masri, M.D.
(Larkin Community Hospital physician)
General Surgery Residency Program at
Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami
Third Place
“Solitary Metastasis to the Small Bowel from Primary
Adenocarcinoma of the Lung”
Nina Thakkar Rivera, D.O., Ph.D.
(resident),
Heather Katz, D.O.
(resident),
Natasha Bray, D.O.
(Broward Health Medical Center
physician), and
Delia Guaqueta, M.D.
(Broward Health
Medical Center physician)
Internal Medicine Residency Program at
Broward Health Medical Center
Pictured (front row from left) are Heather Katz, D.O. (internal medicine resident
at Broward Health Medical Center), OMS-II Jacob Triplet, OMS-III Steven Zhang,
OMS-III Jaime Mazzurco, M.P.H., and OMS-III Matt Motisi. Pictured (second
row from left) are Patrick Hardigan, Ph.D. (judge), Janet Hamstra, Ed.D. (head
judge), Robin Jacobs, Ph.D. (judge), Hilda DeGaetano, D.O. (judge), and Kenya
Rivas, M.D. (judge). Pictured (back row from left) are Joseph De Gaetano,
D.O., M.S.Ed, Guy Nehrenz, Ed.D., RRT, (judge and NSU College of Health
Care Sciences executive associate dean and professor), Daniel Shaw, Ph.D.
(judge), and Ray Ownby, M.D., Ph.D. (judge).
Record-Setting CEME Research Poster Competition
Simultaneous to the NSU-COM Resi-
dency Fair, which was held on November
1, the Consortium for Excellence in Medical
Education (CEME) held its Fifth Annual Scien-
tific Research Poster Competition. A record 82
submissions were received from the various
CEME affiliates located throughout Florida
and the southeastern United States, along
with NSU-COM students. This was up greatly
from the 29 submissions for the 2012 poster
competition and illustrates the exponential
growth of research activities at the CEME-
affiliated sites and at NSU-COM.
The large number of submissions forced
the competition to spill out of the OPP Lab,
into the hallways, off the bulletin boards, and
onto the walls. Consequently, an additional
cadre of judges was needed to ensure that
all posters were judged in time to announce
the winners by the end of the Residency Fair.
All posters were judged based on the for-
mat and completeness of abstract, the over-
all poster appearance, and the entrant’s oral
presentation. In addition to the large number
of posters, the judges commented on the high
quality of research that was presented this year.
Cash prizes of $500, $250, and $100 were
awarded to the first-, second-, and third-place
finishers in each category. Listed below are
the poster competition winners:
