2021 POSTER WINNERS

The Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee (LBORC) and the National Undergraduate Fellows Association (NUFA) hosted their annual poster presentation on Thursday, March 18, during the AAO’s 2021 Virtual Convocation.

Of 70 submitted abstracts, the committee accepted 56 submissions and 55 posters were presented by students and residents in the following three categories: case study, education and public health, and original research. The table below lists the winning authors and poster titles for the 2021 presentations.

On behalf of Kimberly J. Wolf, DO, chair of the LBORC Research Poster Subcommittee, the following individuals volunteered to judge the presentations; the committee appreciates their contributions in making this a successful event: 

Christina A Bartoni, OMS; Ken H. Baxa, DO; Eliott S. Blackman, DO, FCA; Lisa R. Chun, DO, MS, FNAOME; Josephine A. Conte, DO; Jay B Danto, DO; Brian F. Degenhardt, DO; William H. Devine, DO; Devin Mikala-Kapono Gamundoy, DO; Anthony J. Heidt, DO, MS; Kyle K. Henderson, PhD; Jeffery William Johns, DO; Albert J. Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK; Drew D. Lewis, DO, FAAO; Cathy R. Lindsay, DO; Royal Lomblot, DO; Mickey Y. Lui, DO, MPH; Krista S. Lund, DO; Mindy Chilman McComb, DO; Barbara Ann Moss, DO; Sayward Louise Nelson, OMS; Hallie J. Robbins, DO; Charles J. Smutny, III, DO, FAAO; Karen T. Snider, DO, MS, FAAO, FNAOME; William Harry Stager, DO, MS, MPH, FAAFP, FAAMA, FAAO, FACOFP dist.; A. Hope Tobey, DO; Jonathan W. Torres, DO, MPA, FACOFP, FAAO; Todd Robert Waldorf, DO; Kevin A. Weiss, DO; Katherine A. Worden, DO, MS, FAAO; Miho Yoshida, DO; and Marissa M. Zajac, DO.

The table below lists the winning authors and poster titles for the 2021 presentations. 

Category

Title

Authors

School or Institution

Student—Case Study

First place Healing After Hemiparesis: The Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Post-stroke Pain Darby Oakes, OMS III; Gregory Kunis, OMS III; Patrick Barry, DO Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-KPCOM)
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Second place An Osteopathic Approach to Temporomandibular Joint Disorder in an Ehlers-Danlos Patient Spencer Rice, OMS III; Evan Stermer, OMS III; Yasmin Qureshi, DO (AUS) Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-KPCOM)
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Third place An Osteopathic Approach to Symptomatic Scapular Dyskinesi Duncan James Williams, OMS III; Gary C. Gailius, DO Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University (AZCOM)
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Student—Education & Public Health

First place Comparison of The Prevalence of Preclerkship Medical Student Diagnosed Sacral and Pelvic Girdle Somatic Dysfunctions and the Expected Findings in the General Population Barbara Senger, OMS III; Jonathan Bingham, OMS III; Brian F. Degen- hardt, DO A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM)
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Second place A Clinician’s Guide to Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques to Improve the Treatment of Somatic Complaints of Pregnancy: Recommendations Provided by Gestational Week David O. Shumway, OMS IV; Thomas Byrnes Jr, DO; Kendra Gray, DO A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA)
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Third place Professional Impact of the DMU Predoctoral OMM Fellow- ship Gabriel Berenbeim, OMS IV; Megan Ellis, OMS IV; Kaitlyn Finneran, OMS IV; Isaac Metzler, OMS IV; Drew D. Lewis, DO, FAAO; Chunfa Jie, PhD Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine (DMUCOM)
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Student—Original research

First place Baseline Range of Motion of the Lower Limb in Parkinsonian Gait is Consistent Among Treatment and Control Groups Zachary Terrell, MS; Sarah Moudy, PhD; Kendi L. Hensel, DO, PhD, FAAO; Rita Patterson, PhD University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC/TCOM)
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Second place An Osteopathic Assessment of Lower Extremity Somatic Dysfunctions in Runners at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harlem, NY Abbey Santanello, OMS III; Pamela Matthew, MPH, MS, OMS II; Anthony Modica, MS, OMS-II, Sergio Suarez, DO, Mikhail Volokitin, MD, DO Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–Harlem, NY
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Third place Sizing Up the Frontal Sinus: Clinical Implications of Sinus Size and Complexity Allison Marie Richman, OMS II; Lauren N. Butaric, PhD Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine (DMUCOM)
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Category

Title

Authors

School or Institution

Resident—Case Study

First place Role of Osteopathic Treatment in the Management of Acute Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome: A Case report Cassandra N. Rodrigues, DO, ONMM3, PGY4; Hugh M. Ettlinger, DO, FAAO St. Barnabas Hospital
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Second place To Breathe Again: An Osteopathic Approach to Respiratory Failure Due to SARS-CoV-2 Karli McMillan, DO, PGY4; Richard A. Feely, DO, FAAO, FCA; Katherine A. Worden, DO, MS, FAAO Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University (AZCOM)
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Third place Management of COVID-induced Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Intubation with Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Anna Wolff, DO; Hugh M. Ettlinger, DO FAAO St. Barnabas Hospital
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Resident—Education and Public Health 

First place Use of a SOAP Note Assignment to Evaluate Osteopathic Medical Students Understanding of the Somatic Dysfunction Diagnostic Process John C. Biery, Jr., DO, CAQSM; Albert J. Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and Sports Medicine
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Resident—Original Research

First place Causes, Associations and Effects of Significant Somatic Dysfunctions in Newborns and Infants on Breastfeeding Bernadette Marie Bibber, DO, PGY-4; Dorothy M. Klingmeyer, DO, (MMC FM); Nour Elassa, DO, PGY-3 Morristown Medical Center
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Second place Manual Drainage of the Gallbladder: A Pilot Study Angelica Perry, DO; Albert J. Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)
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Third place Retrospective Review of Delivery Outcomes Following Longitudinal Intrapartum Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Samuel H. Werner, DO, ONMM3; Albert J. Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)
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