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COM Outlook . Spring 2015
RESEARCH/SCHOLARY ACTIVITY - Faculty and Student Achievements
NSU-COM Well Represented at FOMA Poster Competition
During the 112
th
Annual Florida
Osteopathic Medical Association Con-
vention, which was held February 18-22
at the Bonaventure Resort and Spa in
Weston, Florida, NSU-COM and its
affiliated postgraduate programs were
well represented at the association’s Fifth
Annual Student/Intern/Resident/Fellow
Research Poster Competition.
Janet Hamstra, Ed.D., M.S., NSU-
COM’s associate professor of internal
medicine and director of preclinical
education, served as the competition’s
head judge. Four other NSU College of
Osteopathic Medicine faculty members
also judged the event along with two
representatives from the Lake Erie Col-
lege of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton.
The NSU-COM judges were Cyril Blavo,
D.O., M.S., M.P.H. and T.M., FACOP,
director of the college’s Master of Public
Health Program, Kira Fenton, D.O., assis-
tant professor of internal medicine, Victor
Jaffe, D.O., assistant professor of family
medicine, and Marie Florent-Carre, D.O.,
assistant professor of family medicine.
Entrants submitted abstracts, produced
posters, and made poster presentations,
all of which were included in the judging
process. Prizes were awarded in two catego-
ries: Intern/Resident/Fellow Case Study and
Experimental Research Medical Student
Case Study and Experimental Research.
Six winners were selected, with first-,
second-, and third-place winners receiving
$750, $250, and $100, respectively. Fol-
lowing are the NSU-COM-affiliated poster
winners in their respective categories. First
authors/presenters are listed in
bold
.
Pictured at FOMA’s Research Poster Competition (from left) are Dr. Janet Hamstra, Angela Kim, Hajir Zohourian, Maddie Goldstein, and Andrea M. Palestro.
RESIDENT RESEARCH
First Place
“Isolated Common Iliac Artery Aneurysm Due to
Non-Typhoid in a Patient with HIV”
Hajir Zohourian, D.O.
(PGY-1), OMS-III Mark Wheeler,
OMS-III Maddie Goldstein, and OMS-III Danielle Klima from the
Broward Health Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency
STUDENT RESEARCH
First Place
“Rocky Mountain Spotless Fever: A Case of
South Florida RMSF with Atypical Rash”
OMS-IV Andrea M. Palestro
and Veronica Klammer, D.O. (PGY-I)
Second Place
“Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in the Healing Surgical
Wound of a Recently Excised Basal Cell Carcinoma”
OMS-II Angela Y. Kim
OMS-IV Elyse Julian,
Jacqueline A. Thomas, D.O., and David L. Thomas, M.D., J.D., Ed.D.
Third Place
“Disseminated Kaposi Sarcoma—
Not a Thing of the Past”
OMS-III Maddie Goldstein
OMS-III Ajith Susai,
Leah Delumpa, D.O. (PGY-III)
Kim Pham, D.O. (PGY-III)
