Poster Competition

​Annual FOMA Poster Competition

PEER-REVIEWED 

Case and Experimental Research Poster Presentations

Each year FOMA hosts a Research Poster Competition in conjunction with the FOMA Virtual Convention.

Open to Students, Interns, Residents, and Fellows who are Members of the FOMA. First/Primary Author must be an Osteopathic Medical Student attending a COM located in Florida or an Osteopathic Intern, Resident, or Fellow training in Florida.

2023 FOMA Student/Intern/Resident/Fellow Research Poster Competition Winners
Resident Category:

First Place

Acute Psychosis Secondary to Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: An Underdiagnosed Disorder in Healthy, Young Women
Brendan Lutz, DO, PGY2; Emana Sheikh, OMS4; Ekim Kilinc, MD, PGY2; Brian Slomovitz, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Obstetrics-Gynecology Residency Program

Second Place

What Came First? A Case of Pheochromocytoma and Myocardial Fibrosis
Crystal M. Acosta, DO, PGY2; Medeona Gjergjindreaj, DO, PGY5; Susana Saco, DO, PGY3; John J. Lee, MD; Hakop Hrachian, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Internal Medicine Residency Program

Third Place

The Role of Severe Obesity in Childhood Critical Illness
Pooja Kethireddy, DO, PGY2, Jacqueline Machado, MD
Broward Health Medical Center/Salah Foundation Children's Hospital
Pediatrics Residency Program

Student Category:

First Place:

The Role of Myeloid IRE1-alpha in Atherosclerosis Progression
Joachim Kavalakatt, OMS1; Ruoyu Li, MS; Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD
LECOM Bradenton College of Osteopathic Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Program

Second Place

Resveratrol: A Therapeutic Potential in Alzheimer's Disease?
Shivani Patel, OMS2; Mayur Parmar, PhD, MS
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Program

Third Place

Anchoring on Ketoacidosis in the Presence of Unforeseen Thyroid Storm
Andrew M. Joseph, OMS3; Victor Camba, DO, PGY2; Conor Haas, DO, PGY2; Brian Martin, DO, PGY2; John Preece, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Program

 

 


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*Applications Will Be Available in late 2023 for the 2024 Event