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FAU Medicine Shines at AGS Meeting
Congratulations to Dr. Mandi Sehgal who was elected to serve as the Teachers' Section Chair for the American Geriatric Society (AGS). "
I am excited and humbled by this honor," Dr. Sehgal said. Dr. Sehgal directs the
Geriatrics Curriculum Thread, and co-directs, the Geriatrics/Palliative Care Clerkship for third year medical students. "The chair has the unique and exciting opportunity to lead wonderful colleagues and influence strategy for education sessions at the annual meeting," she said.
"My main goal during my term is to encourage and foster a sense of community among geriatric clinician educators through the use of online and social media."
Dr. Joe Ouslander also emphasized that Dr. Sehgal's national honor is very impressive.
FAU's student attendance was among the most prevalent at this year's AGS meeting including Alison Kohn, Allison Adams, Manon Transleau, William Gibbs, Colton Hoffer, Keira Nassetta, Anantharam Peesapati, and Rachel Tobillo. All were involved in mentored student research and presented their posters at the meeting.
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Dr. Richard Shih Receives AAEM Top Speaker Award
Congratulations to
Dr. Richard Shih, program director of the Emergency Medicine program at the College of Medicine, who received the "Written Board Course Top Speaker" award from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) this month. This annual award is presented to the speaker with the highest evaluation ratings from course attendees. Dr. Shih was recognized for his excellent educational presentation at the 2017 AAEM Written Board Review Course, which provided a comprehensive review of emergency medicine board materials in preparation for the qualifying exam.
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Resident Highlight - Dr. Edgar Fernandez
First-year resident, Edgar S. Fernandez, M.D., knew that the Miami Beach Gay Pride event was the perfect venue for the College of Medicine to promote its resident clinics, and to expand his interest in research, community health, and education. Approval and support were provided by the college's Office of Graduate Medical Education and Academic Affairs and Office for Diversity and Inclusion.
A Miami native, Dr. Fernandez was very familiar with the parade having attended for many years. Managing a booth at the multi-day event that attracts more than 200,000 was a new challenge. Dr. Fernandez became the director of FAU Medicine's presence and invited other residents and medical students to join him at the event. The Gay Pride event also served as an ideal site for his research study - exploring how HIV knowledge influences PrEP in both patients' adherence to the medication and their ability to obtain the drug from their physician. He reached out to Michael DeDonno, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of Educational Leadership & Research Methodology,
who assisted with data collection.
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Dr. Sachin Sule as AAIM's Member Spotlight
Recently,
Dr. Sachin Sule, director of the Internal Medicine Residency program and associate professor for the College of Medicine was featured on the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) website. In the highlight, Dr. Sule notes that he thoroughly enjoys his role as a preceptor in the FAU Medicine resident clinic and portrays his favorite career moment as recruiting his first group of residents. Dr. Sule recounts his childhood dream of becoming a physician to follow in his father's footsteps, and reveals his favorite past-time, i.e., attending his sons' baseball practices and watching Yankees games.
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Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Caceres who was recently promoted to the rank of associate professor of Integrated Medical Science. Dr. Caceres joined the College of Medicine in 2014, fulfilling several roles including assistant dean of Student Affairs and director of medical student career advising. She also serves on the College Curriculum Committee, the Medical Student Promotions and Professional Standards Committee, and the Admissions Committee.
Congratulations to
Dr. Stuart Goldman, who was recently promoted to the rank of professor of Integrated Medical Science. Dr. Goldman joined the College of Medicine in 2016, serving as a facilitator for multiple courses within the college, as the year 3 clerkship lecturer, and as the program director for the Psychiatry Residency program. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Harvard Macy Program in Educational Leadership, and is a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Medical Student Highlights
The Florida Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation's April newsletter featured one of the College of Medicine's rising medical students, as well as a recent graduate. Medical student, Claudia Ghisa (class of 2019), pictured in the back row, third from left, worked with affiliate faculty members Dr. Kathleen Davenport and Dr. Alan Novick at Memorial Rehabilitation Institute's Professional Freelance Dancer Health Screen. Alumna, Dr. Amanda Hanekom (class of 2016), was also mentioned for her current case report.
Congratulations to third year medical student,
Stephen Shapiro, who presented at the 2018 American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) Annual Meeting in April. Mentored by affiliate faculty member, Dr. Samuel T. Ostrower, Stephen presented their research, "Injection Laryngoplasty in Neonates and Young Children for Unilateral Vocal Fold Immobility - A Case Series."
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Dr. Mario Jacomino Awarded Volunteer Physician of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Jacomino, who received the "Volunteer Physician of the Year" award for his 20 years of service at the Caridad Clinic in Boynton Beach. Dr. Jacomino was honored at the Florida Department of Health's 40th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon on Friday, May 11.
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Dr. Cristina Mata to Participate in Boca Ballroom Battle
Affiliate faculty member and the Chief Medical Officer for the Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Dr. Cristina Mata, has been chosen as a dancer for the 2018 Boca Ballroom Battle Community Dancer, benefiting the George Snow Scholarship Fund. The Scholarship is dedicated to helping deserving students within the community to achieve their career goals by pursuing higher education. Through financial assistance and support services, scholarship recipients are provided with the resources to thrive academically.
The contestant who raises the most in donations wins and Dr. Mata hopes to raise a minimum of $50,000.
The event will be held on
Friday, September 14, at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. Showtime is at
6 p.m.
Follow Dr. Mata's progress: www.ballroombattle.com. Click on her Photo to see her beginnings of a Dancing Queen and just click the Mirror Ball 'Donate' button below Dr. Mata's name to support her.
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The College of Medicine recently hosted a session on healthy aging with a panel of older adults in the community. The panelists spoke to the college's first year medical students. "The students were captivated by the experience, commenting that the visiting panel was one of the best sessions they had received in medical school during their first year," Dr. Mandi Sehgal noted.
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The American Association of Medical College's (AAMC) Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) meeting took place from April 19-22 in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Benjamin Bensadon, and 2 FAU Internal Medicine residents, Dr. Matt Checketts and Dr. David Coradin, Dr. Elizabeth Gundersen, and Dr. Sarah Wood represented FAU Medicine at this year's meeting by presenting medical education workshops and posters.
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On April 24, Dr. Mark DiCorcia, Dr. Sarah Wood, and Kadeja Henry attended the LCME kick-off in Washington, D.C. at the AAMC headquarters, for the College of Medicine's site visit that will take place from February 17-19, 2020. Pictured to the left, Dr. DiCorcia will serve as the Faculty Accreditation Lead and Kadeja Henry will serve as the Survey Visit Coordinator for all of the college's LCME efforts over the next eighteen months.
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Receive ABFM Performance Improvement Credit for Teaching
The College of Medicine has been selected for a pilot program that offers American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Performance Improvement Credit (MOC Part IV) for teaching medical students. Credit is available to preceptors who provide personal instruction, training, and supervision to FAU medical students, and who participate in a teaching improvement activity.
The pilot runs from April to December, 2018. Earn the ABFM-required credit by:
- Completing at least 180 1:1 contact hours with our residents, fellows, or students
- Participating in an intervention to improve teaching skills
- Reviewing and reflecting on the results of the intervention
- Completing an attestation
The intervention designed to improve teaching skills will include listening to 5 brief podcasts that are specific to teaching medical students in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. All of the materials for this project will be available in the FAU "CANVAS" system. Login instructions will be provided separately.
The schedule for the project activities is as follows:
- Before July 1 - Complete Project Pre-Self-Assessment
- Between July 1 and September 30 - Complete 5 podcasts and identify one change in teaching practice per podcast
- Before November 1 - Complete Project Post-Self-Assessment
- Before December 1 - Complete Attestation for certification
- Ongoing - On CANVAS, Preceptors can review shared articles based on their selected change to implement and engage in discussions based on the posted questions on the discussion board
Preceptors who are interested in participating in this program should contact Dr. Joanna Drowos at [email protected] or 954-465-7471.
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Nouri-Shirazi, M., Tamjidi, S., Nourishirazi, E. & Guinet, E. (2018). Combination of TLR8 and TLR4 agonists reduces the degrading effects of nicotine on DC-NK mediated effector T cell generation.
International Immunopharmacology. Ahead of print.
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Affiliate Faculty White Coat Order Form
The college is offering one free personalized white coat to each affiliate faculty member of the college. If you were unable to attend the faculty awards this spring and would like to order your custom white coat, please click
here
to view the PDF form and follow the instructions. Completed forms should be returned to Stephanie Gabrielsen at [email protected].
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