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55th annual Honors Convocation | |
We also extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Mahyar Nouri-Shirazi for being recognized as the Distinguished Mentor Of The Year In Undergraduate Research! Dr. Nouri-Shirazi's commitment to guiding and empowering young researchers is both invaluable and inspiring. | |
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Annual Employee Service Awards | |
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The Schmidt College of Medicine proudly celebrated the 2024 Service Award Recipients during Florida Atlantic University's Annual Employee Service Awards Ceremony. Congratulations to all who celebrated 5-20 years of service! Special congratulations to Dr. Marc Kantorow, Dr. Massimo Caputi, Dr. Wen Shen, and Annie Thomas for their outstanding contributions and dedication to our institution for 20 years. Learn more about their enduring commitment and loyalty to the Schmidt College of Medicine.
Debra Bradley, Director of Building Operations, received the iTHINK Financial Customer Service Award recognizing a Florida Atlantic University employee for providing exceptional or top-quality customer service. Congrats, Deb!
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+ Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS)
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Congratulations to the 2024 Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees and Award Recipients! The Arnold P. Gold Foundation GHHS acknowledges individuals who demonstrate compassionate patient care and serve as exemplary mentors and leaders in medicine.
Among the honored are third-year Medical Students: Cachae Alford, Gregory Bichai, Miguel Castro, Kishan Desai, Samantha Hicks, Isabel Snow, Joshua Tang, George Tarantino, Faith Tran, and Rebecca Urbonas. Faculty Inductee: Stacy Rubin, MD, FACP. Also recognized are the Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients and Gold Humanism Honor Society Resident Inductees: Adam J. Mann, MD, Jake Teich, MD, Leah Eburne, MD, and Luisa Barrueto, DO. The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards go to Fourth-year Medical Student Recipient - Dalina Laffita and Faculty Member Recipient - Joseph Etienne, MD.
A special thanks to our Keynote Speaker, Connie Berry, founder of Caridad Center, for her inspiring story.
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Schmidt College of Medicine students, staff, and faculty were proud to represent at the AAMC GSA National Meeting in San Francisco!
This year's focus? Critical topics like transition to residency, student wellness, cultural competencies, and diversifying the healthcare workforce.
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Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Awards | |
Florida Atlantic University Alumni and Community Engagement hosted its annual Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony and Reception. Daniel Chauss, Ph.D., who graduated from the Schmidt College of Medicine in '12 and '16, was recognized as a distinguished alumni. Learn more about Dr. Chauss's pioneering journey. | |
Graduate Student Research Day | | |
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First Place: Ian Gaudet
Faculty PI: Dr. Wei
"Elevated SLC7A2 expression is associated with an abnormal neuroinflammatory response and nitrosative stress in Huntington’s disease"
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Second Place: Oliver Pelletier
Faculty PI: Dr. Robishaw and Dr. Kantorow
"Post-Transcriptional Regulation and Subcellular Localization of G-Protein γ7 Subunit: Implications for Striatal Function and Behavioral Responses to Cocaine"
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Third Place-Tie: Elena Bisotto
Faculty PI: Dr. Caputi
"Characterization of SRSF1's Protein Domains Functions In Cancer and Immune Cells"
Third Place-Tie: Oze Elimelech and Jamie Moubarak
Faculty PI: Dr. Kantorow
"Hypoxia-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation Hallmarks Lens Development"
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+ Graduate Medical Education
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Congratulations to our PGY4 Psychiatry residents, David Beaman, Christian Maxwell, Anh-Vu Nguyen, and Michael Torres, for wining at the Psyched Out! event during the Florida Psychiatric Society Spring Meeting in Orlando! | | |
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ACP Florida Doctors Dilemma Competition
Proud of our residents Dr. Amrit Gautam (PGY1), Dr. Breno Andrade (PGY1), Dr. Hasan Ilyas (PGY1) and Dr. Muhammad Haider (PGY2) for their hard-fought battle at the ACP Florida Doctors Dilemma Competition in Orlando Florida.
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American College of Physicians QI Conference – Boston, MA
Dr. Allison Chin (PGY1) and Dr. Ashoo Joshi (PGY1) have taken over the “Raising the Rates” QI Boca Clinic Initiative with the goal of increasing patients’ adherence with the influenza immunization schedule. Dr. Chin attended the ACP QI Conference in Boston, MA with PGY1 residents Dr. Reem Ghalib and Dr. Raphael Khella who have taken over the “Raising the Rates” QI Initiative at the Bethesda Hospital East resident clinic.
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American College of Physicians National Meeting – Boston, MA
A big congratulations to Chief Resident, Dr. Bibiana Sabates, as she traveled to the ACP National meeting to present her Florida-chapter winning poster! Great job Dr. Sabates – we are so proud of you!
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+ Department of Population Health and Social Medicine
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Congratulations to Dr. Adam Wyatt, in collaboration with Drs. Michael Rapoport and Clarissa Chenovick in the FAU College of Arts and Letters, they have been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The grant, “Health and Illness in South Florida: Implementing a Health Humanities Minor” (AKA-298431), is part of the Humanities Connections grant program.
The three-year award will focus on implementing a newly approved Health Humanities minor which aspires to serve as a bridge connecting the teaching of health and medicine, typically rooted in scientific and biomedical disciplines, with the methods and aims of the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
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American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) - Washington, DC
Preventive Medicine 2024 brings together leaders across healthcare and public health to collaborate, learn and work to change our health care system through prevention and wellbeing for all. The conference offers high-quality CME programming, inspirational plenary sessions, networking opportunities and celebrates the best in the specialty.
PHSM faculty and medical student attendees with poster presentations: Dr. Yiota Kitsantas, Dr. Maria Carmenza Mejia and Dr. Lea Sacca, Vama Jhumkhawala.
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The Southern Group on Education Affairs (SGEA) - Houston, TX, Medical Education in a Changing Climate.
PHSM Faculty Attendee: Dr. Adam Wyatt
Michele Retrouvey, MD, presented "Unveiling the Hidden Curriculum: Creating a Culture of Professionalism for Medical Educators" with researchers Jean Bailey, PhD (Virginia Commonwealth University), Candice Mateja, DO (University of South Florida), Mariah Rudd, MEd (Virginia Tech), Andrea Berry, PhD (University of Central Florida).
Shannon Gallup, Medical Student, presented "Project Grow: Cultivating Free Clinic Nutrition Education and Food Security through a Medical School Community Garden"
Adam Wyatt, PhD, as part of a research groups that delivered presentations:
"What has Stayed the Same: Senior Medical Students' Reflections on Professional Identity Formation using Pre-Medical and Pre-Residency Personal Statements"
"Medical Students' Definition of Professionalism."
"Burnout in Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Causes and Recommendation for Support."
Michele Retrouvey, MD, Adam Wyatt, PhD, and (Parvathi Perumareddi, DO) delivered a workshop on "AI in Medical Education: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
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2024 Research Renewal Poster Session at the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
General Surgery Resident, Dr. Alexander Durham, participated with a poster “Enhanced Recovery after Surgery for Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm” Alexander Dunham, MD, Yiota Kitsantas, Ph.D., Leslie A. Renfro, MD, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, John C. Motta, MD, Eileen C. De Grandis, MD, Anthony Lee, MD, Boca Raton Regional Hospital at Baptist Health South Florida
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Congratulations to Dr. Jianning Wei on Receiving the prestigious William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. As only the second faculty member at Florida Atlantic to be honored with this distinction, Dr. Wei's dedication and exceptional commitment to guiding and nurturing aspiring scholar are truly admirable. | | |
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Dr. Patrick Grant was featured in an episode of ScienceinSeconds, unraveling the complexities of childhood cancer resistance to treatment, particularly chemotherapy. Dr. Grant's pioneering research endeavors to transform the landscape of pediatric oncology by understanding the mechanisms underlying treatment resistance. | | |
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We extend heartfelt gratitude to our 2023-24 HCOP Medical Student Leaders: Tomas Swickley, Rishi Bandi, Katherine Anderson, Madison Tharp, and Justin Xie. Their commitment to mentoring middle and high school students shines through interactive experiences like patient cases with high-fidelity manikins at our Clinical Skills Simulation Center.
They selflessly contribute to shaping our community's future healthcare professionals, exemplifying dedication and service. Thank you!
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Eighth grade Biomedical Sciences Choice Program/HCOP students from Lake Worth Middle School and Roosevelt Community Middle School visited the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health. Led by Sara Green, Wellness Consultant and Rebecca Kastin, Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, the activity introduced the "NutriLearn" program. This initiative teaches students the importance of nutrition and how to adapt meals for better family health. Students learned to create healthy, affordable snacks without specialized kitchen equipment and received handouts with recipes to share at home. | |
+ Marcus Institute of Integrative Health
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Dr. Branson J. Collins, Director of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Florida Atlantic University, discusses metabolic inflammation in an interview with Dr. Dan Monti. | | |
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You Are Invited!
Commencement Ceremony
Monday, May 6, 2024, 10 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Nicolas Heft, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician
Space Medicine Fellow
Class of 2019 Alumnus
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💚 Join us in supporting medical students led Project Grow Fundraiser, to raise $5,000 for garden upkeep, educational materials, and expansion.
🌱 Your donations will help develop our garden with raised beds, fruit trees, and support educational programs at the Caridad Center and local schools.
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Your support is an investment in quality medical education and biomedical research. Gifts to unrestricted funds provide the flexibility to pursue new ideas and discoveries as well as to meet new challenges. Join us in making a difference today by giving here: fauf.fau.edu/funds/medicine | |
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