Page 8 - COM Outlook - Winter 2013

8 COM Outlook . Winter 2013
Lakeside Medical Center Earns Recognition
Lakeside Medical Center in Belle Glade,
Florida, which is a member of NSU-COM’s
Consortium for Excellence in Medical Educa-
tion, was recently named one of the nation’s
Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by
The Joint Commission—the leading accredi-
tor of health care organizations in America.
Lakeside was one of 620 hospitals in the
United States earning the aforementioned distinction.
NSU-COM Students Attend BCMA Event
In October, third-year stu-
dents (from left) Erica Turse,
Holly Munson, and Alex
Oleinik joined more than 100
women physicians and health
care executives at the Tower
Club in Fort Lauderdale for a
social and educational dinner
for members of the Broward County Medical Association.
Dr. Silvagni Promotes Osteopathic Medicine
On October 28, Dr. Anthony
J. Silvagni met with Pre-Med
Club students at Archbishop
Edward A. McCarthy High
School in Southwest Ranch-
es, Florida, to advise them
about the types of classes
they should be taking in high
school and college to gain entrance to medical school as well as the
tremendous personal and professional satisfaction the medical pro-
fession brings. While acknowledging the challenges students face in
pursuing a medical degree, Dr. Silvagni noted that medicine continues
to be a popular profession. “The average increase of applicants to col-
leges of osteopathic medicine is approximately 7 percent; however,
applications to NSU-COM have surged to over 20 percent,” he said.
NSU-COM Rates Highly in NIH Funding
The November 2012 is-
sue of the Journal of the
American Osteopathic As-
sociation listed NSU-COM
as the number one private
osteopathic medical school
nationwide in the number of
National Institutes of Health (NIH) dollars received for 2010 and
number four of all osteopathic medical schools. In related news,
the number of articles published by NSU-COM faculty members
ranked fourth in the nation in the number of citations, number one
in citations per publication compared to all the osteopathic medical
schools—and had the highest impact index.
COMmunications - Catching up with the College of Osteopathic Medicine
Elizabeth Oviawe Earns NextGen Certification
Elizabeth Oviawe, M.Sc., M.M.I.S., M.S.B.I.,
assistant director of data coordination,
analysis, study, and analysis in the Depart-
ment of Medical Education, successfully
completed her NextGen Electronic Health
Records certification training in August. She
is now a NextGen EHR-certified profes-
sional (NCP).
Palmetto General Increases GME Positions
The NSU-COM/Palmetto Gen-
eral Hospital graduate medical
education programs recently
received approval from the
American Osteopathic Associa-
tion to increase the number of
existing residency/fellowship positions and create a new two-year
infectious disease fellowship with four positions allotted. As a re-
sult, the number of internal medicine residency training positions
has increased to 54, while the number of critical care fellowship
positions has proliferated to four.
Ashley Guthrie Earns National Appointment
OMS-III Ashley Guthrie was elected president of the national stu-
dent chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency
Physicians (ACOEP), which includes a voting seat on the ACOEP
national board.
Articulation Agreement with Daemen College
In November, NSU-COM signed an articulation agreement with
Daemen College, a private institution in Amherst, New York, that
offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. The agreement is
structured around a dual-admittance program for qualified students
earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology or Biochemistry. Up to five
students per year graduating from Daemen College who meet the
grade-point average and other program requirements will be guar-
anteed a seat at NSU-COM. The program will begin accepting inter-
ested freshmen for the fall 2013 semester. Undergraduates in the
program also will be able to participate and travel with NSU-COM
students and faculty members on global medical outreach trips.
Students Participate in Planning Conference
Four NSU-COM students
attended the National Medi-
cal Students for Choice
(MSFC) Conference on
Family Planning in St. Lou-
is, Missouri, on November
10-11. Pictured (from left) are
OMS-II Will Jaffee, (NSU-
COM chapter co president), OMS-II Becky Desfor, OMS-IV Emily
Young, (MSFC national board member), and OMS-I Kelly Thibert.