NEOMEN holds its 10th Annual Research and Scholarly Activities Forum at UNE

The Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN) held its 10th Annual Research and Scholarly Activities Forum on May 18th, 2011, on the Biddeford Campus of the University of New England. The event hosted residents, students and faculty from 13 sites across New England and the Mid- Atlantic states who presented research and cases in 5 categories: Faculty Original Research, Resident Original Research, Medical Student Original Research, Resident Case Presentations, and Medical Student Case Presentation. This year’s forum had more abstracts presented and reviewed than ever before and the 5 judges were pulled from various sites across NEOMEN’s network of residencies and student campuses and included the speaker for the event, Dr. Joel Botler MD, Medical Director of Hospitalist and Inpatient Services at Maine Medical Center. After deliberation, award winning abstracts were selected and the presenters celebrated at a dinner following the event.  The winners in each category were:

Faculty Original Research:
First Place: Stacey Perce-Talsma, D.O.

Resident Original Research:
First Place: Jennifer Reimer (Wojtach) D.O.
Second Place: Deon Miller, D.O.
Third Place: S. P. Parikh, D.O.

Resident Case Presentation:
First Place: Mary Elizabeth Hanley, D.O.
Second Place: S. P.Parikh, D.O.
Third Place: Marissa Ferrazzo, D.O.

Medical Student Original Research:
First Place: Matt Sharbaugh and Amy Pratt (2 presenters)
Second Place:  Jennifer Gibson Chambers
Third Place: Shannon O’Connell

Medical Student Case Presentation:First Place:  Nancy Resteghini
Second Place:  Tie
 1) Rob Parker
 2) P. Mehta
 

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