NOTES Osteopathic Medical Association $500 Humanism in Medicine Scholarship. She was also appointed as a board member of the Pinellas County Osteopathic Medical Society and named Student D.O. of the Year at LECOM Bradenton, Fla. campus.
from the KML Foundation in Tampa.
Cang Nguyen (OMS1) co-authored two abstracts that were published in the Society for Surgical Oncology and Association for Academic Surgery.
Bella Mogaka (P3) was presented a certificate of recognition at the American Pharmaceutical Association-Academy of Student Pharmacy (APhA-ASP) Region 3 Mid-year meeting.
Jonathan Poirier (OMS3) received a $5,000 Scholarship from the Florida Hospital/East Orlando Osteopathic Foundation.
School of Pharmacy – Erie Abimbola Ogunsemowo (P3), Irene Kapche (P3), Maria Adejoro (P3) and Kwadwo Owusu (P3), presented a poster on medication use evaluation at the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists Mid-Year Clinical Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Victoria Cercone (P2) was awarded a $1,000 WalMart Pharmacy Scholarship. Christopher Sedgwick (P2) and Angela Shick (P2) presented a poster on pulmonary disease and a new COPD medication at the Pennsylvania Society of Health System Pharmacists meeting. Gale Garmong (P3) presented: “The Use of a Standardized Screening Tool to Communicate Gaps in Care in Patients with Diabetes: An Ambulatory Care Practice Model Initiative and Economic Analysis” and “Tech-Check-Tech Initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges for Community Pharmacists” at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association mid-year meeting. Jennifer Addo (P3) led a team of students in conducting background research for LECOM President and CEO John M. Ferretti, DO’s address to the Pennsylvania Society of Health System Pharmacists entitled: “A New Era in Healthcare: How LECOM is responding to the Challenge.”
School of Pharmacy – Bradenton Esaleen Carmona (P3) received a $2,000 scholarship from the KML Foundation in Tampa, Fla. Ashley Cubillos (P2) has been accepted to the summer internship program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. Cubillos’ internship will focus on inpatient oncology pharmacy. Jelena Cusanelli (P2) received a $1,500 scholarship from the George W. and Ethel B. Hoefler Fund of the Sarasota (Fla.) Community Foundation.
Alena Korbut (P1) received a $1,500 James Franklin Warnell and Dorothy J. Warnell Scholarship from the Community Foundation of Sarasota.
Jennifer Slowek (P4) received a $2,000 scholarship from the KML Foundation of Tampa. Jennifer Smith (P4) received a $2,000 scholarship from the KML Foundation of Tampa. Monica Yu (P4) received a $1,000 scholarship from Wal-Mart Pharmacy. Tang Tang Zhao (P3) received a $500 Wal-mart Associate Scholarship.
School of Dental Medicine Stephanie Mazariegos (D2) was elected as a Trustee to the Fifth District of the American Student Dental Association.
Robert Galamaga, DO, a hematology/oncology and board certified internal medicine physician, has joined the Silver Cross medical staff in New Lenox, Ill. Marie Pomorski Sprague, DO, received a certificate of commendation from the U.S. Marine Corps for her work with wounded, ill, and injured service members and their families from 201113. Dr. Pomorski Sprague is a psychiatrist living near Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Class of 2004 Victoria Ochoa, DO, is an obstetrics and gynecology specialist at Morris Hospital in Ottawa, Ill.
Class of 2005 Lucinda S. Antosh, DO, is engaged to Joseph C. Mirra. Dr. Antosh is an OB/GYN physician at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes Barre, Pa. Shaun Mathen, DO, is a family physician at Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, Ill.
Class 2006
Jenna Pascoli (D2) was named National Delegate of the Year by the American Student Dental Association.
Lauren Byrne, DO, has joined Personal Pediatrics in Miller Place, N.Y. Byrne joins her sister, Jennifer Byrne, DO (‘99), in the practice.
Jared Schmitt (D1) co-authored a published paper in FEBS Letters, the journal for rapid publication of short reports in the molecular biosciences.
Class of 2008
ALUMNI NOTES Class of 1997 Frank C. Biondolillo, DO, is the Emergency Department Medical Director at St. Petersburg (Fla.) General Hospital.
Class of 1998 James M. Rossetti, DO, is Assistant Director of Cellular Therapy at the Allegheny Cancer Institute of West Penn Hospital. Dr. Rossetti received the Allegheny County Medical Society 2013 Physician Volunteer Award, given to physicians who donate to clinical, educational or charitable endeavors.
Class of 2001
Jordan Daniel (P4) was named the inaugural fellow of CVS Caremark Pharmacy Quality Assurance and Patient Safety program.
Daniel Krenk, DO, has been promoted to Orthopedic Residency Program Director at Holsten Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn.
Marialis Kirk (P4) received a $2,000 scholarship
Class of 2002
Jennifer C. Dy, D.O., married Zebulun Hawkins on Sept. 28, 2013. The couple resides in Akron, Ohio, where Dr. Dy is an internal medicine physician with Summa Health System.
Class of 2009 Mary Ann Horn, D.O., has joined AnMed Health Physician Network in Pendleton, S.C. Laura Kohlepp, D.O., married David Nelson in Chippewa Falls, Wis., on July 6. Dr. Kohlepp is an emergency medicine physician at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa. Bianca Tribuzio, D.O., is currently a pain management fellow at UCLA Health in Los Angeles. David Seastone, D.O., Ph.D, is a second-year fellow in the department of hematology/ oncology at the Cleveland Taussig Cancer Institute. Dr. Seastone attended the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting where he presented his research: Distinct Patterns of Genetic Change Associated with Smoking Exposure in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS).
Class of 2010 Rebecca Brown, DO, is co-chief resident in the psychiatry program at Michigan State University.
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