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Spotlight on Biomedical Researcher Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.
Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical science in the Schmidt College of Medicine, is this month's featured researcher. She recently received a three-year grant amounting to $390,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project titled, "Temporal Ontogeny of Epileptogenesis in a Model of Adult-onset, Spontaneous Seizures." Her research seeks to understand how a normal brain evolves into an epileptic one.
It is estimated that about 1.2 percent of people in the United States have active epilepsy, which amounts to approximately 3.4 million people nationwide. Globally, more than 65 million people have epilepsy. In addition, about 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point during their lifetime, which can begin at any age.
"We know that 10 to 20 percent of epilepsy is from genetic mutations or trauma, but unknown causes represent the remaining cases," said Dr. Isgor. "Although there are treatments and interventions available, there are still many unanswered questions."
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FAU Medical Residents Successfully Match for Fellowship Programs Nationwide
FAU senior medical residents successfully matched for fellowship programs at prestigious universities and institutions around the country. Please join us in congratulating these physicians:
Laura Salama, M.D. - hematology/oncology, Brown University, Rhode Island
Hector Gonzalez, M.D. - gastroenterology, Aventura Hospital, Florida
Jason Cummings, M.D. - nephrology, Washington University, Missouri
Ramez Marcos, M.D. - cardiology - FAU, Delray Medical Center
Elizabeth Hidlebaugh, M.D. - geriatrics, Duke University, North Carolina
Sammer Elwasila, M.D. - infectious diseases, Mayo Clinic, Florida
Nuwan Gunawardhana, M.D. - infectious diseases, University of Alabama
Edgar Fernandez, M.D. - infectious diseases, University of Miami
Dhishna Chaudhary, M.D. - pulmonary critical care, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
Maria Mijares, M.D. - rheumatology, University of Minnesota
Angel Sanchez Artiles, M.D. - hospice palliative care, University of Miami
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Schmidt College of Medicine Participates in 15th Annual Caridad Clinic Family Festival
In the spirit of giving, 20 medical students from the Schmidt College of Medicine recently participated in the 15th Annual Caridad Clinic Family Festival. The Caridad Center is the largest free clinic in Florida, and one of the largest in the country in terms of people served. Through donors and supporters, Caridad continues to expand and increase life-changing and life-saving programs and services to help the poor, uninsured, and underserved children and families of Palm Beach County.
This community event was supervised by Mary C. Labanowski, M.D., associate professor of integrated medical science; Lisa Martinez, M.D., assistant professor of integrated medical science; Dawn H. Sherling, M.D., assistant professor of integrated medical science; and Mario Jacomino, M.D., MPH, associate professor of integrated medical science, all in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine.
During the event, students performed screening tests that included blood pressure, height/weight and BMI, as well as blood glucose screening under FAU medical school faculty supervision. The students also completed documentation, provided interpretation services, and educated and counseled patients with abnormal screening test results.
Special thanks to the faculty and medical students who participated in this successful event to screen and counsel more than 200 patients.
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Migraine Headaches? Consider Aspirin for Treatment and Prevention
Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H., first Sir Richard Doll Professor and senior academic advisor; Bianca Biglione, a second-year medical student, both in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine; and collaborators, recently published a study about aspirin use and migraines headaches in The American Journal of Medicine. Migraine headache is the third most common disease in the world, affecting approximately 1 in 7 people. They proposed aspirin as a possible option for consideration by primary care providers who treat the majority of patients with migraine. Their review includes evidence from 13 randomized trials of the treatment of migraine in 4,222 patients and tens of thousands of patients in prevention of recurrent attacks. Their findings suggest that high-dose aspirin, in doses from 900 to 1,300 milligrams given at the onset of symptoms, is an effective and safe treatment option for acute migraine headaches. In addition, some but not all of the randomized trials suggest the possibility that daily aspirin in doses from 81 to 325 milligrams may be an effective and safe treatment option for the prevention of recurrent migraine headaches.
Read more about the study on the FAU News Desk or in U.S. News & World Report.
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All First-year Medical Students Now Participate in National 'Stop the Bleed' Training
Launched by the White House in 2015, "Stop the Bleed" is a national awareness campaign and call to action designed to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to assist during a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.
For the first time this fall, all first-year medical students participated in a mandatory "Stop the Bleed" training as part of their orientation week at the medical school's Clinical Skills Simulation Center. Prior to that training, third-year medical students Jordyn Cohen and Whitney Winslow, only provided this training to some students and staff in the medical school. Now, all first-year students will receive this important training.
The program is spearheaded by George R. Luck, M.D., associate professor of integrated medical science, and Mario Jacomino, M.D., MPH, associate professor of integrated medical science, in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine.
"A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes, so stopping the bleeding quickly is critical," said Dr. Luck. "No matter how fast first responders arrive, bystanders will always be the first ones on the scene."
Drs. Luck and Jacomino point out that the new emphasis of training FAU medical students or any other individuals to be equipped with knowledge and resources could save someone with a life-threatening injury.
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