The FOMA held a Peer Reviewed Research Poster Competition that was open to Students, Interns, Residents and Fellows who are members of the FOMA. This competition took place in conjunction with the 113th Annual FOMA Convention on Friday, February 19, 2016. There were two categories in which the participants presented their research - Case Study and Experimental Research.

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL BOOKLET OF ALL ABSTRACTS PRESENTED.

(l to r) FOMA President William Stager, DO, Cassandra Nicotra, OMS-3, Erin Huston, DO, PGY-3, Muneeb Shah, OMS-3, Ashley Van Putten, OMS-3, Irina Volosko, OMS-3, and Janet Hamstra, EdD.

​Congratulations to the following winners!  They were announced
during our Inuagural banquet February 20, 2016.
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1st place = $750;   2nd place = $250;   3rd Place = $150 
Future of Osteopathic Medicine Award = $250
 

Resident Case Study Category:
 
1st place - Natalie Edgar, DO, PGY-3 - Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma arising within a Nevus Sebaceous: A Case Report & Review
 
 
2nd place - Erin Huston, DO, PGY-3 - Rectus Sheath Hematoma: A Case Mimicking Constipation and Ileus
 
 
3rd place - Meredith Riddle, DO, PGY-1 - An Unusual Case of Leiomyosarcoma:  Suspected Splenic Origin
 
 
Student Case Study Category:
 
1st place - Muneeb  Shah, OMS-3 - Rapid Development of Autoimmune Diabetes After Initiation of Anti-PD-1 Therapy: A Case Report
 
 
2nd place - Ashley Van Putten, OMS-2 - Inoperable Tetralogy of Fallot in a 9 year old Panamanian male living with irreversible compensations
 
 
3rd place - Irina Volosko, OMS-3 - The Use of an Unna Boot to Heal a Skin Ulcer as an Alternate to a Skin Graft
 
  
Future of Osteopathic Medicine Award :
 
(Awarded for a study which best advances the principles and practices of Osteopathic Medicine)
  
Cassandra Nicotra, OMS-2 - The assessment of pulmonary function with osteopathic manipulative treatments versus standard respiratory therapy in a healthy population

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2016 FOMA Research Poster Competition SELECTED ABSTRACTS: 
​(in alphabetical order)

Sergey Arutyunyan, OMS-3
Sean Baksh, OMS-1
Alexander B. Buttermore, OMS-4
Elena Cabb, DO, PGY-2
Rick Carlson, DO, PGY=4
Michael Carranza, OMS-3
Claire M. Cascio, DO, PGY3
John R. Collins, DO, PGY-4
Kelly Corbitt, OMS-3
Kevin Donohue, DO, PGY-1
Rebecca Drucker, OMS-3
Natalie Edgar, DO
Desmond Fonji, D.O. PGY-3
Kristina Gemayel, OMS-2
Maddie Goldstein, MPH, OMS-4
Kristen Hanrahan, PGY-3
Rami Heart, DO, PGY-7
Jacob Hirsch, OMS-3
Kristin Hornick, OMS-3
Erin N Huston, DO, PGY-3
Hassan Iqbal, MS, OMS-3
Kalvin Kapoor, DO, PGY-3
Hasan Khan, DO, PGY 3
Angela Y. Kim, OMS-3
Dorothy Klingmeyer, DO, PGY-3  
Robert H. Krieger, OMS-4
Neha Mahajan, OMS-3
Henry Mainor, DO, PGY-3
Dominic Marino, OMS-3
Taraneh Matin OMS-3
Ann S. Monardo, OMS-3

Jeffrey Morris, OMS-2
Patricia Narciso, OMS-3
Christopher T. Neagra, DO, PGY-1
Justin Nepa, DO, PGY-2
Cassandra Nicotra, OMS-2
Joseph Palmer OMS-2
Leighann Panico, OMS-2
Hetain Patel, DO, PGY-3
Janki Patel, OMS-3
Vivak Patel, DO, PGY-2
Zaid Rana, OMS-3
Meredith Riddle, DO, MS, PGY-3
Jody Ritter, DO, PGY-2
Amin Rmeileh, DO, PGY-2
Vanderbilt W. Robison, DO, PGY-1
Adam L. Rosenblum, OMS-3
Joseph Sarbu, PGY-3
Nuzhat Sayyida, OMS-3
Jonathan D Settle, DO, PGY-3
Muneeb Shah, OMS-3
Anita Singh, OMS-2
Kathryn Smith, DO, MPH, PGY-1
Natalie Steinhoff, DO, PGY-2
William Tate, DO, CPA, PGY-3
Rege Turner, DO, PGY-3
Ashley Van Putten, OMS-2
Irina Volosko, OMS-3
Chelsea Wells OMS-4
Philip Wiener, DO, PGY-1
Jessica Wilbur, DO, PGY-2