The FOMA held a Research Poster Competition during the 2019 Annual FOMA Convention February 20-24, 2019. There were two categories in which students, interns or residents could enter - Case Study and Experimental Research. 

An abstract was submitted with each poster. Each entrant had three minutes to present their research information to the judges. Awards given were $750 for first place, $250 for second place, $150 for third place and $250 for the Future of Osteopathic Medicine Award. 

The following were winners of the competition. 
 
Student Case Study

1st Place - Zhao Zhang, M.S., OMS-3: Use of DTI Tractography to Define Target Regions for Radiotherapy for Glioblastoma

2nd Place - Leon Cedeno, OMS-3: A Hiccup in Determining Rare Etiologies of Cholangitic Jaundice: Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis

3rd Place - Syed Waqas Ahmad, OMS-3: Painful penile plaques: A rare case report of rectal adenocarcinoma with cutaneous metastasis to the penis


Resident Case Study

​1st Place - Stephanie Dondero, D.O., PGY-5: An Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Psoriatic Arthritis treated with Apremilast

2nd Place - Anita Singh, D.O., M.B.A., PGY-1: Pulmonary Hypertension in Myelofibrosis

3rd Place - Amy Surti, D.O., M.S., PGY-3:  Sperm Procurement in a Brain Dead Patient             


Future of Osteopathic Medicine Award - $250

Farnaz Haji, M.S., PGY-4: Post Mastectomy Lymphedema: Surgical, Osteopathic and alternative treatment management
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PEER REVIEWED
​FOMA Student/Intern/Resident/Fellow Research Poster Competition - Case Study and Experimental Research Presentation

The FOMA is holding a Peer Reviewed Research Poster Competition that is open to Students, Interns, Residents and Fellows who are members of the FOMA. This competition will take place in conjunction with the 2019 Annual FOMA Convention on Friday, February 22, 2019. There are two categories in which to enter - Case Study and Experimental Research. 
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2019 FOMA Research Poster Competition SELECTED ABSTRACTS: 
​(in alphabetical order)

​Glenda R. Abreu, OMS-3
Syed Waqas Ahmad, OMS-3
Matthew Apicella OMS-3
Daniel Arias, OMS-3
James Bolduc OMS-3
Kyle Boltson OMS-2
Vikram S. Boparai, OMS-3
Johann Paul Braithwaite, OMS-3
Brett Brazen, OMS-2
Leon Cedeno, OMS-3
Mansoor Choudhry, OMS-3
Juan Dangond, OMS-3
Urania Davis, DO, PGY-3
Tej J. Desai, OMS-3
Eduardo Diaz, OMS-2
Lorenzo Diaz, OMS-3
Stephanie Dondero, DO, PGY-5
Christopher Foth, DO, PGY-2
Ronak Gandhi, OMS-3
Priya Gupta, OMS-3
Justin Hahn, OMS-3
Farnaz Haji, PGY4, MS
Brandon Hanai, OMS-3
Victor Hoang, OMS-3
Tahia Hossain, OMS-3
Hassan Iqbal, DO, PGY-1
Tariq Jaber MD MPH, PGY-2
Adam Jacobs, OMS-3
Rrita Krasniqi OMS-3
Alexandra Lenox, OMS-3
​Libeneur Loriston, OMS-3
Jacob Lyon, PGY-2

Katelyn Meade, PGY-3
Alexander T. Mikulka, M.B.S., OMS-1
Taufif Mubarak, OMS-3
Jared Mugfor, OMS-3
Oyeyimika Oyekanmi, OMS-3
Simonette A. Padron OMS-3, B.S.
Divya Pandya, OMS-3
Gee Yoon Suzie Park, OMS-4
Puja Patel, OMS-3
Milee M. Patel, M.S., OMS-3
Swapnil Patel MD, PGY-2
Austin Price, OMS-3
Reeja Raj, OMS-3
Elizabeth Ramirez, DO, PGY-2
Douglas Rausch, OMS-3
Daniel Ricci, OMS-3
Lorena Rodriguez, OMS-2
Jay Shah, OMS-3
Deepika Sharad, OMS-3
Anita Singh, DO, MBA, PGY-I
Kaitlyn Steward, OMS-3
Christian Hailey Summa, M.B.S., OMS-1
Amy Surti, DO, MS, PGY-3
Gabriela Teixeira, OMS-3
Danny Tran, OMS-3
Mark Vinicky M.S., OMS-2
Jonathan Wu, OMS-3
Shelley Xu, OMS-3
Michelle Yousefzadeh, OMS-3
Regina Zambrano, OMS-2
Zhao Zhang, M.S., OMS-3​

DOWNLOAD POSTER COMPETITION RULES AND PROCEDURES  AND  GUIDELINES:

• Poster Competition Rules and Procedures
• Poster Competition Guidelines and Format for Case and Research Abstracts
• Poster Presentation Procedures