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Celebrating History and Diversity in Medicine
For the Love of OMM
New OMM fellows, from left, Nicholas Freedman (DO ’15), Ross Behymer (DO ’15) and Gary Zane (DO ’15).
Meta L. Christy Award recipient Dr. Lightfoot (center), SNMA President Luther Quarles (DO ’14) and Valerie Moore (DO ’14) at the SNMA banquet in March.
Third-year medical students Ross Behymer, Nicholas Freedman and Gary Zane have been accepted into PCOM’s OMM fellowship program. As fellows, they will attend PCOM for an additional 12 months over a three-year period, serving in the College’s OMM department as both instructors and practitioners. Each fellow is committed to employing the principles of OMM as well as the approaches of OMT in their practice of medicine, whether their specialty be family, rehabilitation or physical medicine. An annual College provision sustains the fellowship program with assistance from the C. Paul Snyder, DO ’10, and the Frieda O. Vickers, DO ’39, and Major James G. Vickers endowment funds. Additional support comes from special gifts earmarked for OMM.
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“You don’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” With those words, Matthew Schure, PhD, president and chief executive officer, helped kick off PCOM’s celebration of Black History Month. Sponsored by the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), activities throughout the month included a day of community service, soul food lunches and movies. The celebration culminated with the SNMA awards banquet. This year’s Meta L. Christy Award was presented to Judith A. Lightfoot, DO ’92, an infectious disease specialist at Garden State Infectious Disease Associates, P.A., Voorhees, New Jersey. Her particular focus on HIV/AIDS
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education and healthcare disparities has been a source of motivation and inspiration for PCOM students. The Meta L. Christy Award was established in honor of PCOM’s first minority graduate, Meta L. Christy, DO ’21, who is recognized by the American Osteopathic Association as the first African American osteopathic physician. This award is given in recognition of exemplary practice of osteopathic medicine, service to the community and inspiration to future osteopathic physicians. Marsha Williams, associate director, admissions, PCOM, was named SNMA Mentor of the Year.