Campbell Medicine Newsletter | July - August 2019

Campbell Medicine Newsletter The latest news from North Carolina’s only osteopathic medical school | July–August 2019

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PRESIDENT J. Bradley Creed

INTERIM DEAN James Powers

ASSOCIATE DEANS Michael Mahalik, Eric Gish, Victoria Kaprielian, Robin King-Thiele, Robert Terreberry, David Tolentino

CONTRIBUTORS Adam Fish, Shelley Hobbs, Sarah Bowman

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Med school receives $1.8M grant to establish primary care fellowship

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r. Victoria Kaprielian, associate dean for faculty development and medical education at Campbell University’s Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, has been awarded a $1.8M five-year grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration to fund a Primary Care Champions Fellowship.

The purpose of the program is to strengthen primary care and the workforce by establishing fellowship programs to train community-based practicing primary care physician and/or physician assistant champions to lead health care transformation and enhance teaching in communitybased settings.

“We know that we need more clinical teachers,” said Dr. Kaprielian. “We are particularly focused on rural and medically underserved populations and [training] fellows from those settings.”

The School of Medicine is surrounded by rural and medically underserved areas. Many of the preceptors currently working with Campbell medical students are practicing in those communities, and in medically underserved areas throughout North Carolina.

“This part-time fellowship allows clinicians who are already in practice to get more training in how to modernize

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their practices, how to adapt to the changing healthcare system, and how to do that effectively so they can teach in the practice setting,” said Kaprielian.

“Many current practitioners are feeling overwhelmed and overworked, so the idea of adding a learner to the mix can be [even more] overwhelming.”

The one-year program requires fellows to attend a four-hour class on-campus each week and complete a practice transformation project.

Weekly topics include leadership and managing change, teaching skills, and administrative skills for running the business and/or educational aspects for any type of practice.

The practice transformation project allows for the direct application of these skills. The fellows identify an area, clinical or educational, within their respective practices that needs improvement. They analyze it and implement a change that they can then manage moving forward.

“This is all about empowering [providers] to be able to make changes in their practices,” said Kaprielian. “[It creates a positive environment] that can incorporate learners, improve quality of care, and keep the clinicians thriving and happy – and their patients wellserved – while training more clinicians to come to those communities.”

— SHELLEY HOBBS

Armenia A Call to Serve

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n June, a small team of six medical students and two pharmacy students, along with three faculty members – two physicians and a pharmacist – participated in partnership with the North Carolina Baptist Men (NCBM) in a medical outreach trip to Armenia, led by Dr. Victoria Kaprielian.

"The NC Baptist Men have been going to Armenia for years," said Kaprielian, "and they were the ones who first took me to Armenia."

Dr. Kaprielian is an ethnic Armenian, and her grandparents were refugees during World War I. Because Armenia was part of the Soviet Union for 70 years, her parents were never able to travel there.

Armenia was a Soviet Republic from 1920 to 1991, and its major industry was munitions manufacturing. They were one of the best producers of weapons for the Soviet Union. When the MEDICINE.CAMPBELL.EDU

Soviet Union broke apart, not only did the Russians leave, they took all the manufacturing equipment with them, leaving behind empty factories and lack of employment opportunities.

This situation coupled with a blockade on two sides by hostile nations led to a major economic collapse in the 1990s, from which Armenia is still recovering.

Armenia also suffered a major earthquake in 1988, and there are people still living in temporary shelters, which were supposed to last for six months. Now, 30 years later, many are still living in tin boxes. There's very high unemployment and a lot of need throughout the country.

"It was a very touching experience on a lot of levels for me," she shared. "But the students who go gain exposure to a different culture, while getting to serve people who are underserved."

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really powerful things you can connect with people on as a healthcare provider."

JJ Simmons-Josilevich, MSII, shared a similar experience and how the relational aspects of patient care in Armenia increased her passion for clinical experience here at home.

"I've worked in the [Community Care] clinic," said SimmonsJosilevich, "but now I'm going to be in the clinic every Tuesday night for the entirety of this block just because I enjoyed interacting with [the Armenian] patients so much."

She went on to explain how clinical experience can help students learn specific medical skills while shifting the brain to a more relationally focused mentality.

"I think it's one way when you're in the books as this kind of [academic] flow," Simmons-Josilevich remarked, "but it's completely different when you get outside [of the classroom] and you're trying to make differentials and have a conversation with the patient."

Culture, Medicine & Clinical Experience According to the Joshua Project, there are over 17,000 people groups in the world. These groups all differ in language, customs, traditions, and a general way of life. They each have their own unique cultural, religious, and political history that has shaped who they are today as a people.

In preparation for the medical outreach trip to Armenia, the team spent time reading and studying the history of Armenia.

They had the opportunity to visit the Armenian Genocide Memorial and Museum in Yerevan, the capital city, on their first day in the country. This allowed them to gain perspective and insight as they served the Armenian communities.

"Some of the history is still so relevant in their lives," said Andrew James, MSII. "[Having] that knowledge in a clinical setting [helped us] realize what they've gone through and how their culture and history has an impact on them, even on their health."

"I think it's one way when you're in the books as this kind of academic flow, but it's completely different when you get outside of the classroom and you're trying to make differentials and have a conversation with the patient."

— Simmons-Josilevich The number of clinics held and patients treated continues to grow year after year. The team saw 50% more patients in 2018 than in 2017, and that number increased again this year by 40%.

The outreach team also continues to grow with the addition of a pharmacy student and faculty member both last year and this year.

"As a pharmacy student, I was able to have more opportunities and was pushed outside my comfort zone," said Savanna Scott, P3. "In school, they teach us a lot about interacting with [healthcare] providers and the right language to use, and even part of our OSCE is communicating with the providers. We don't get that a lot in the classroom, so it was really helpful."

The students and faculty serve in partnership with the Armenian Baptist Christians through the North Carolina Baptist Men. They set up clinics in their churches and homes to treat patients, really focusing on the clinical skills they learned throughout their first year of medical school.

"I got to hone a lot of the clinical skills that we have now," said Gabe Brotzman, MSII. "It's nice to have some of the technique down and just looking at a lot of eyes, noses and listening to a lot of hearts and lungs was really helpful."

Brotzman further shared how the trip helped him to see in a broad way that people are essentially "the same" wherever you go. There are certainly different cultures, foods, beliefs, etc., but there are humanistic traits that bring individuals together. All people are passionate, driven and motivated by something. "[It's important] to start identifying those [things] and seeing how they're the same," said Brotzman, "and that you can connect with people on a really deep human level anywhere you go, even halfway around the world … I think some are 4 JULY - AUGUST 2019

Andrew James, MSII, also shared the importance and value of working as a team and fully understanding and appreciating the interdisciplinary aspect of healthcare.

"It's a very integrated system and you need to rely on everyone to have a healthcare outcome that's good for everyone," said James.

"And this was just the first insight of how critical [every role] is to having a good well-oiled healthcare machine."

Serving the Rural & Underserved Halfway Around the World According to the Armenian Government, Armenians have access to primary care. However, because of poverty and high unemployment, the majority of Armenians cannot afford healthcare.

"I'm interested in doing rural medicine," said Amy Medford, MSII. "I think it was a good experience for me to see what it's like when you have limited resources."

The typical first line of treatment and the newest drugs available are not a realistic option for patients in these areas, so physicians have to look at sustainable treatment and care options.

"It's a problem-solving kind of process [that involves] working with the patients to see what's going to work best for them and their lifestyle. I think it was really [helpful] to see that, especially with the limited resources that we had [available in Armenia]," shared Medford.

As with many rural and underserved populations in the United States and around the world, there is an overall lack of health education in Armenia. Unfortunately, this results in people self-diagnosing problems and treating them in ways that are not very helpful. On this particular trip, the team encountered many misconceptions about hypertension.

"We try to educate them," said Dr. Kaprielian. "We give them a month or two supply of medicine, but we try to help them understand this is not a cure, this is something that controls the problem, and they have to continue taking the medicine."

One of the many reasons that patients continue to return to the clinics is that they genuinely appreciate the time that the students and faculty spend examining and talking with them.

Many of them suffer from musculoskeletal pain, so they really benefit from osteopathic manipulation.

Dr. Kaprielian shared a memorable story of a woman that came to the clinic with a frozen shoulder, and she couldn't lift her arm more than about 45 degrees.

"We did some Spencer technique on her shoulder and retested her," she said. "We watched her face as she lifted her arm and she was looking at us like, Wait a minute - Wow! Is this really happening!?"

It's often said that working with and caring for underserved populations puts things into perspective – that certainly appears to be the case for this medical outreach team. JJ SimmonsJosilevich, MSII, shared an experience where she wasn't with the patient directly but seeing the patient's reaction left an impression on her not soon to be forgotten.

"I remember her coming in and she had burns on her face and her hands," said Simmons-Josilevich. "When she left she was holding sunscreen, and I was [thinking] how I complain about sunscreen being $10. But when she came out, just [knowing] the impact of that sunscreen – what it had on her face and how she clenched it and just her reactions as they were getting her vitals … it put a lot of things in perspective – not just the clinical medicine side of it, but the humanistic side of it."

"If you open your heart, you can hear the call."

– Dr. Victoria Kaprielian Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Medical Education MEDICINE.CAMPBELL.EDU

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Responding to the Call This was the 5th trip Dr. Kaprielian has led to Armenia with the NC Baptist Men, and Paul Langston, missions mobilization consultant with the NCBM, says they keep getting better and better each year. He was in Armenia for a few weeks this past summer before the team's arrival.

"You've just captured people's hearts, and they're so excited," said Langston. "They couldn't wait to have you come – it makes them not feel forgotten. They were a second class part of the Soviet empire, so there's a long history of feeling they're brushed aside. You've undergirded them and they've been excited and already can't wait for you to come back."

Medical outreach is a valuable expansion of the horizons for students. Serving and spending time with communities and people from other cultures and backgrounds, especially for the first time, is an invaluable experience and opens your eyes to a whole new world.

"Certain things just transcend language," said Amy Medford, MSII. "Like a smile, a hug, a friendly face – and even music.

When we were at the church service and the graduation – everyone could sit there and enjoy the music even if we didn't know exactly what they were saying – and that was a really special moment."

Pursuing medicine is not always an easy journey. It takes commitment, hard work, and determination. And perhaps above all, it takes passion. Passion for people, passion for service, and passion for learning. Passion drives us to go and do, which often helps us see and understand.

"I think the biggest thing that I got from the trip was an affirmation that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life," said Brittany Williams, MSII. "We sit in a lecture hall for hours and hours every single day, and it kind of gets hard to realize that it's going to go somewhere. I knew that medicine was something that I wanted to do and implement missions into that, so this was just 100% validation that I'm on the right path and this is truly what I'm meant to do."

— SHELLEY HOBBS

2019 Armenia Medical Outreach Team Members STUDENTS Gabe Brotzman, MSII

Savanna Scott, P3

Andrew James, MSII

JJ Simmons-Josilevich, MSII

Amy Medford, MSII

Jennifer Stoltenberg, MSII

Lina Poindexter, P4

Brittany Williams, MSII

FACULTY MEMBERS Dr. Victoria Kaprielian School of Medicine Dr. Charlotte Paolini School of Medicine

NC BAPTIST MEN Paul Langston

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Dr. Asima Ali College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Maggie Sauer’s lecture, NC Rural Health: Rural is the New Urban focused on the health issues in rural areas of North Carolina and the resources the NC DHHS provides to address the issues. (Pictured L-R: Karen Gliarmis, Dr. Victoria Kaprielian, Maggie Sauer, Shawanda Fields, Stephanie Nantz)

Grand Rounds Guest Lecturer: Maggie Sauer

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orth Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Rural Health Director, Maggie Sauer, addressed Campbell Medicine faculty, staff, students, and invited guests on July 31st at the first Grand Rounds of the 2019-2020 academic year.

A native of the rural eastern plains of Colorado, Sauer shared how her childhood experiences fostered her passion to work and serve in rural communities. She told the story of how her hometown rebuilt their clinic after it was destroyed by a tornado and added the innovation of telehealth to expand its services.

"At the office of rural health, we don't focus on what rural communities don't have – we focus on what they do have.

Tremendous passion, heart and a sense of community."

"You have the opportunity to make some of the biggest impact in your career by making rural part of what you choose to MEDICINE.CAMPBELL.EDU

do in the future," said Sauer. "The mission of Campbell is rural, and thank you for making the choice to serve people in rural areas."

Speaking about the vision of NC DHHS under the direction of Mandy Cohen, Sauer reminded them that health doesn't just happen in the clinic.

"Health is about transportation, housing, food security, and economic development. North Carolina was the first state to have an Office of Rural Health and is the only state in the nation to currently use a waiver program to pay for these kinds of needs so they can achieve the kind of health we all deserve."

Sauer introduced the programs and services the Office of Rural Health offers including health workforce placement services and provider loan forgiveness programs.

"It’s never too early to engage with our office - get to know us early and often!

When you are ready to go into practice,

we know places that would love to have you – whether it is near the beach, central or the mountains."

Maggie Sauer joined the Office of Rural Health as director in June 2017, after serving as the President/CEO of the Foundation for Health Leadership and Innovation (FHLI), in Cary, N.C., for over five years.

During her tenure at the FHLI, the foundation doubled its size and staff and increased its presence in North Carolina and nationally. Prior to Sauer’s work at FHLI, she served as the Associate Executive Director of the N.C. Medical Society Foundation, directing programs to strengthen and expand primary care in North Carolina.

She received her Master of Health Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Master of Science from Colorado State University.

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MED SCHOOL ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS

People of Campbell Medicine

Brandon Burns, MSII, Class of 2022 WHAT/WHO INFLUENCED YOUR PASSION TO PURSUE MEDICINE? My mother has been my biggest influence in my journey to medicine. I grew up going to the nursing homes she worked in visiting her patients (usually singing and praying with them). She’s always been my biggest source of support in my pursuit of medicine.

Conway Medical Center (CMC) held an induction and pinning ceremony on Sunday, July 21 for their inaugural class of thirdyear Campbell Medicine students. Eleven students from the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2021 will be living, learning and serving at CMC in Conway, SC over the next two years.

The affiliation between the School of Medicine and Conway Medical Center has been two years in the making. Conway’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Paul Richardson, and Warren Ratley, MBA, along with Matt Huff, former designated institutional official at the Med School, and Dr. Robin KingThiele, associate dean for postgraduate affairs, worked together diligently to solidify this medical education partnership.

“Undergraduate and graduate medical education in Conway will be a win-win for [everyone] involved,” said Dr. David Tolentino, associate dean for clinical affairs at the School of Medicine. “It will further solidify Conway’s presence as the premier healthcare provider of Horry County.”

He further explained that by developing a workforce in student and resident education, CMC is helping to train students that exemplify the Campbell Mission of serving rural and underserved communities in the Southeast United States.

CMC will take 22 third-year students next year as they also begin two new residencies – one in family medicine, and another being a transitional program. The family medicine residency is currently going through the accreditation process under the leadership of Dr. Donald Morando, inaugural program director.

“We look forward to the growth of medical education,” said Tolentino, “and all of the opportunities it will provide for Campbell medical students and graduates, along with the communities in and around Horry County.”

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WHAT AREA OF MEDICINE ARE YOU MOST INTERESTED IN AND WHY? I’m currently most interested in OB/Gyn and Women’s Health. I grew up surrounded by strong female mentors and role models and would be extremely proud to dedicate my life to that field of medicine. I’m drawn to OB/Gyn in particular due to the coupled reason of bringing life into the world with Obstetrics along with the continuity of care that comes with Gynecology.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AS A FUTURE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER? My main goal as a future physician above all is to make my patients feel cared for.

While it’s obviously important to be well-versed in your respective field, it’s equally as important to me to treat all of my patients with the highest amount of empathy. I hope that when I look back on my life and my career that I am proud of the way I made my patients feel.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENT OF YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL JOURNEY SO FAR? My most meaningful memory since joining Campbell has been participating in the Mr. CUSOM pageant. I raised over $3500 for the Community Care Clinic, performed and raised awareness with 8 other guys in my class, and made life-long memories all in the name of providing free healthcare for those in need.

Another unforgettable memory from my time in medical school was working with fellow medical students, Carrie Shropshire and Tyler Ramsey, to found Campbell Med Pride.

Helping to create a club that encourages inclusivity, diversity, and a space for LGBTQ+ education in medicine has been one of the most impactful memories since starting my time at Campbell.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE CAMPBELL? I chose Campbell and fell in love with Campbell simply because of the people. Since day one I’ve experienced the collective encouragement and respect from the Campbell community as a whole. I began my time at Campbell in the MSBS program where I immediately felt welcomed by the administration, faculty, staff, and students alike. After almost three years at Campbell I’m proud to say that feeling of community has always been present.

WHAT IS ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU'D OFFER TO FUTURE MEDICAL STUDENTS? My one piece of advice is to take time out of every day to be thankful for where you are.

Even if it’s for five minutes, I think it’s so important to acknowledge that where you are now is where you one day dreamed of being.

Catching Up on Our Clubs Family Medicine Club

ABOUT THE FAMILY MEDICINE CLUB CUSOM's Family Medicine Club is an organization that aims to educate students on the Family Medicine specialty, provide opportunities to become more involved in the FM community, and encourage students to explore all that the profession has to offer.

HOW DOES THE FAMILY MEDICINE CLUB SUPPORT THE STUDENT BODY? The Family Medicine Club hosts events and meetings that provide a hands-on skill learning learning environment and creates opportunities to volunteer in the local community. The Family Medicine Club also promotes an annual Rural Health Internship experience which allows the students to immerse themselves in a residency-type program and establish connections with physicians all over North Carolina. Additionally, the club is very active at our state and national level and provides incentives for students to attend conferences, meet physicians, and showcase their research.

HOW IS CAMPBELL’S FAMILY MEDICINE CLUB INVOLVED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL? Students from each year's class attend the ACOFP national conference every year with one person acting as our student delegate.

This position allows us to vote on national issues surrounding Family Medicine, and become involved in the future of student leadership. We engage in quarterly meetings with Family Medicine Clubs from every osteopathic medical school in the country, and maintain close contact with mentors and residency programs. We also have the opportunity to speak with Dr. Burns, the AOA president, to reflect on our role in the Family Medicine community.

Last year, club members attended Family Medicine Day hosted by the NCAFP in Durham. This conference brings students and physicians from all over the state together to provide workshops, CME learning events, and networking opportunities.

Medical students work on their suturing skills at a workshop hosted by the Family Medicine Club.

FAMILY MEDICINE CLUB EXECUTIVE BOARD

Jordan Rawlings, MSII, secretary; Maggie Costa, MSII, vice president; Benjamin Robinson, MSII, treasurer; Dakota Boisseau, MSII, president; with Amy Medford, MSII, SAAO Vice President, CUCCC Secretary

WHAT ARE SOME FAMILY MEDICINE CLUB EVENTS WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO? Recently, the club hosted our annual Camels on the Run 5k. This is the club's biggest event and we are so thankful for everyone who came out. Coming up, we will be hosting a Campbell Medicine swag fundraiser, holding an introductory meeting for interested first year students, and welcoming a speaker to discuss the direction of Family Medicine. We look forward to seeing you there!

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KUDOS

DR. DAVID TOLENTINO, Associate Dean

for Clinical Affairs, attended the Global Leadership Summit, August 8-9, 2019 in Garner, NC.

DR. VICTORIA KAPRIELIAN, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Medical Education, attended the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Primary Care Champions Annual Meeting, August 12, 2019, in Rockville, Maryland. While at the conference, Dr. Kaprielian moderated a panel discussion on childhood obesity.

NCS-ACOFP Annual Continuing Medical Education Conference, Pinehurst, NC, August 8-11, 2019 CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Nancy Guy

PRESENTERS

Healthy Tips

Tips from the Campbell University Health Center

Don’t Let Allergy Symptoms Get You Down Fall allergy season will soon be upon us, so if you have a history of fall allergies, it’s time to get prepared. While there are a number of different causes of fall allergies, common triggers include ragweed, mold, and dust mites.

The classic symptoms of allergies include runny nose, stuffy nose, itchy/watery eyes, repeated sneezing, sinus pressure, and coughing. Dark circles, referred to as allergic shiners, can form under the eyes. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish between allergies and the common cold. They both have several symptoms in common, but the common cold is often associated with headaches, body aches and a mild fever. The common cold does not usually cause you to sneeze repeatedly.

Drs. Marta Bringhurst, Eric Gish, Gretchen Inkumsah, Andrea Mann, Andrew Martin, Chip Smutny

SOME EASY TIPS FOR PREVENTING ALLERGIES INCLUDE:

POSTER COMPETITION JUDGES

2. Use air conditioning to keep cool if possible

Drs. Nicholas Pennings and Chip Smutny

2019-2020 ACOFP OFFICERS

Dr. Andrew Martin, President; Dr. Tiffany Lowe-Payne, Secretary-Treasurer; Mr. Jordan Rawlings, OMSII, student representative

Allison Beam, PA-C, Primary Care Champions Fellow Awarded the GlaksoSmithKlein Foundation Individual Recognition Award for Child Health for her Teen Clinic initiative with the Harnett County Health Department.

MAKING HEADLINES THE SAMPSON INDEPENDENT New doctors join SRMC graduate program

WNCT Six free health clinics to be offered this week in Bertie County (published July 8, 2019)

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY Campbell Medicine receives North Carolina Biotech Grant

THE ROBISONIAN SeHealth leader receives service award

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1. Keep your windows closed in your house and your car 3. Change your home air filters frequently

4. If you are working outside, wear a mask to filter the air 5. Work outside early in the day when pollen counts are usually at their lowest 6. Change your clothes and wash when you come inside 7. Wash your hair before you go to bed to keep pollen off your pillow 8. Keep pets and plants out of the bedroom 9. Consider getting a HEPA filter for the bedroom Medications can be very helpful for treating allergy symptoms. The key is to keep ahead of your allergies by starting medication at the first sign of symptoms rather than waiting until the symptoms are severe.

Antihistamines are the cornerstone of treatment. The “non-sedating” antihistamines are much less likely to make you drowsy. Loratadine (Claritin), cetirizine (Zyrtec), and fexofenadine (Allegra) cause little or no sedation and are available without a prescription. It may take several days of use before antihistamines achieve their full effect. Some antihistamines, like diphenhydramine (Benadryl), can make you sleepy and might not be a good daytime choice.

Steroid sprays used in the nose are available without a prescription as well. Steroid sprays may be used at the same time as an antihistamine or as an alternative antihistamine. Steroid sprays take up to two weeks to have their full effect on allergy symptoms, so give it some time before you judge their effect.

Successful treatment of allergies requires prevention, consistent use of medications, and early follow-up with your health care provider if your treatment is not working.

Do not wait until your symptoms are severe before seeking attention. If you need help with treating your allergies, come visit us at the Campbell University Health Center.

Amy Allen RN, CDE & Nicholas Pennings, DO. To make an appointment or for more information about the Health Center, visit campbell.edu/healthcenter. Healthy Tips contributed by Dr. Nicholas Pennings.

ALUMNI NEWS

Campbell Medicine Director of Alumni Engagement, SARAH BOWMAN, enjoyed visiting alumni in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Cleveland, Ohio.

NEW HIRES

AMANDA LEE, PA-C

Education Specialist for Simulation Medicine MARTA BRINGHURST, DO

Assistant Professor of OMM

CATHY DANIELS, EDD

Director of Ultrasound Training

PROMOTIONS KIM JOHNSON

Promoted to OMM Coordinator

UPCOMING EVENTS CLEVELAND, OH | (Left to Right) Stephen Despin '17, Donata Vaiciunaite '17, Tom Soker '17, Sabrina Tavella Burka '18 and Josh Burka '19.

SEPTEMBER 4TH Volunteer Expo

SEPTEMBER 3RD MSBS My Journey series begins (takes place every Tuesday at 4pm)

OCTOBER 11, 2019 AOA President, Dr. Ronald Burns will visit CUSOM

OCTOBER 12, 2019 5th Annual Campbell Medicine Golf Classic

OCTOBER 12, 2019 KINGSPORT, TN | (Left to Right) Jaclin Iodence, Tyler Iodence '19, Katie Prosser '19, Seth Thomas '19 and Victoria Montgomery.

Exceptional Camels Day

OCTOBER 19, 2019 Field Day

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

PUBLICATIONS

Class of 2023 White Coat Ceremony

Who was published & where DR. BONNIE BRENSEKE

Manuscript acceptance (8/13/2019 – date of acceptance notification): C.S. Brievogel, J.R. Wells, A. Jonas, A.H. Mistry, M.L. Gravely, R.M. Patel, B.E. Withorn and B.M. Brenseke, Comparison of the neurotoxic and seizure-inducing effects of synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (2019) Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research in press.

DR. ADAM FOSTER

Foster AD, Butcher MT, Smith GA, Russo GA, Thalluri R, Young JW. 2019. Ontogeny of effective mechanical advantage in Eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus). Journal of Experimental Biology. doi: 10.1242/jeb.205237.

DR. AMY HINKELMAN

Stacey A. Gorski, Monica G. Lawrence, Amy Hinkelman, Marty Joy M. Spano, John W. Steinke, Larry Borish, W. Gerald Teague and Thomas J. Braciale. (2019). Expression of IL-5 receptor alpha by murine and human long neutrophils. PLoS One, 14(8), e02221113.

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Poster Presentation at the North Carolina Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (NCSACOFP) Conference, August 10, 2019, in Pinehurst, NC. John A. Horton, Mary Townsend, Hunter Gallogly, Ashley MurphyShaw, Godwin Dogbey and Amy Hinkelman.

A Community-Based Investigation of Vaccine Perceptions and Hesitancy within a Rural Community in North Carolina. Won 1st Prize in the Poster Competition.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019 Christmas Palooza

SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT #CAMPBELLMEDICINE medicine.campbell.edu/news medicine.campbell.edu/events

DR. YUNBO ROBERT LI

3H-1,2-Dithiole-3-Thione as a Potentially Novel Therapeutic Compound for Sepsis Intervention. Available/published through NIH PMC. DR. DAVID TOLENTINO

Co-author on a chapter in Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Medical Students, Chapter 2. Experiential Research and Scholarly Programs for Medical Students: Short-Term Paradigms, Jespersen E, ed., 2019.

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