11/20/2024
Announcing Abstract Poster and Student Advocate Award Winners 2024-2025
The Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine's (CAOM) proudly announces the
2025 Student Advocate Award and Abstract Research Poster Award Winners
Student Advocate Award Winners
Lauren Notfz, OMS-IV, OU-HCOM
Swetha Kareti, OMS-III, OU-HCOM
Research and Scholarly Activity Poster Winners
Fellow Winners
- First Place - Nicholas Salupo, DO | Cleveland Clinic Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship | A Successful Birth After Severe Pregnancy Associated Lupus Nephritis Flare
Resident Winners
- First Place - Marija Rowane, DO | Case Western / University Hospital's Allergy and Immunology Sub Fellowship and Oklahoma State University Medical Center / Children's Hospital at St. Francis | Post-Varicella Immunization Dermatitis in Atopic Dermatitis
- Second Place - Elizabeth Friedman, DO | University Hospital's Regionals Geauga Family Medicine | A Case for Patient Advocacy: A Healthy Patient Presents with Anxiety
Student Winners
Category: Case Report
- First Place - Caroline Kruithoff, OMS-III | OU-HCOM | A Rare Case of Aplasia Cutis Congenita in a Newborn
- Second Place - Murathan Kahyaoglu, OMS-II | OU-HCOM | Erythema Ab Igne: What the Clinician Needs to Know
- Third Place - Sarah Beach, OMS-III | OU-HCOM | Halogen Havoc: Unraveling a Case of Iododerma
Category: Educational Research
- First Place - Amye Frontz, OMS-III | OU-HCOM | Effectiveness of Prematriculation Programs for Student Success in Medical School
Category: Literature Review
- First Place - Angela Birckbichler, OMS-IV | LECOM | Impact of OMT on Hospital Stay in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Second Place - Alec Basile, OMS-IV | LECOM | Combining OMM with Palliative Care to Maximize the Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
- Third Place (tie) - Peter Manchester, OMS-IV | LECOM | Osteopathic Manipulation Techniques Have Been Shown to Have Some Utility in the Management of Depression
- Third Place (tie) - Connor Dye, OMS-III | LECOM | The Effect of OMT on Post-Operative Stay a Meta-analysis
Category: Original Research
- First Place - Sarah Beach, OMS-IV | OU-HCOM | A Retrospective Analysis of Dermatologic Manifestations of Diabetes on TikTok
- Second Place - Jaclyn Fickert, OMS-II | OU-HCOM | Hepatobiliary Infection after TIPS Creation in Patients with Prior Biliary Intervention: A Multi-Institution Retrospective Study
- Third Place - Angelica Bartholomew, OMS-II | OU-HCOM | Age Discrepancy: A Novel Predictor of Frailty in Kidney Tumor Patients
Category: Osteopathic Focused Scholarly Activity
- No awards given in this category as osteopathic research conducted and acknowledged in Literature Review.
Posters will be on display throughout the weekend, but presented by the winners on Sunday, January 26th at the 60th Annual Winter Conference CLICK HERE for details for 24 hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credit.