The AOA's 117th Annual Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition  

Sunday, Oct. 7, through Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in San Diego 

Touro Alumni Luncheon
Wednesday, October 10th
12:00 noon
Marriot Marquis & Marina
Marina Ballroom G

Featured Speaker:
Martin S. Levine, DO, MPH, FACOFP dist.
Immediate Past President
American Osteopathic Association
"The Year in Osteopathic Medicine" 

Alumni, faculty, and students welcome.

The American Osteopathic Association’s Annual Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition offers a chance to earn more than 40 category 1-A CME credits. It offers an opportunity to network with colleagues from across the nation, eat great food, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of San Diego.

“I think that some of the keynote speakers were very special, but one of the things I really liked was the symposiums where we brought the various disciplines together,” says Dr. Michael Clearfield, DO and Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine at Touro University California. commenting on last year's AOA OMED. “I think that’s a strength that our profession has, that can be quite unique, that we can really capitalize on in the future.” 

TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA AT OMED 2012

• Faculty and students from Touro University California’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUCOM) have been presenting for 14 consecutive years at the AOA conference, since 1998.
• An average of six to eight students and two to four faculty present every year.
• TUCOM students are competitive. Many have placed second for best poster presentations.
• This year, TUCOM had eight posters published in JAOA, not counting presentations at SOMA.

Presentations

• Clinical faculty Dr.’s Foy, Hendriksz and Malouf will present a study on acceptability of a flu vaccine.
• OMM faculty Dr. Burns, Research faculty Dr. Lin and their students will present their work on comparison of traditional Chinese medicine and OMM.
• Research faculty Dr. Elul and her student will present their work on the development of the optic nerve.
• Research faculty Dr. Garcia Russell and her student will present their work on Salmonella.
• Research faculty Dr. Menini and her team will present on a new biomarkers in stroke.
• Research faculty Dr. Gugliucci and his team will present three posters on metabolic aspects and biomarkers in stroke, renal failure and atherosclerosis.

BIOMEA’s 14^th Annual International Seminar held in conjunction with the 117^th Osteopathic Medical Conference & Exposition (OMED).

Eiman Mahmoud MD. MPH Director of Global Health Program

Speaker: How Osteopathic Medicine Serves the Underserved and Improves Health Care Delivery Around the World

Abinet Sisay, MD, International Site Coordinator TUCOM –CA.ETHOPIA SITE sponsored by TUCOM-CA

Speaker: How Osteopathic Medicine Serves the Underserved and Improves Health Care Delivery Around the World

BIOMEA/SOMA Poster Competition

3 Out of 4 Awards

• The Effect of Clinical Screening, Treatment, and Health Education on Schistosomiasis prevalence in Tanzania: A Longitudinal Study: 1^st place abstract in the Research Category of the BIOMEA/SOMA Poster Competition. Alexandra Rhee, Jonathan Sukumar, JohnMichael Kwak, Yasmin Nibbe MD, Eiman Mahmoud, MD, MPH.
• A Study of characteristics and Management of Breast Cancer in Taiwan: 2^nd place abstract in the Research Category of the BIOMEA/SOMA Poster Competition. Eric Lau, Jim Yu DO, Christabel Moy, DO, Jian Ming Chen, MD, Shoei Loong Lin, MD, Athena Lin, PhD.
• A Unique Collaborative Approach to Treating Schistosomiasis in Northwestern Tanzania : 2^nd place abstract in the Outreach Category of the BIOMEA/SOMA Poster Competition. Aaron Heffner, Guy Bennallack, Yasmin Nibbe, MD, Eiman Mahmoud, MD, MPH. 

 

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OMED 2012 Facts

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What is the American Osteopathic Association?

Serving as the professional family for more than 100,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs) and osteopathic medical students, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) promotes public health and encourages scientific research. In addition to serving as the primary certifying body for DOs, the AOA is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical schools and has federal authority to accredit hospitals and other health care facilities.