Each year the Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee (LBORC) and the National Undergraduate Fellows Association (NUFA) hold a research poster presentation session during the AAO’s annual Convocation.
Interested AAO, RAAO and SAAO members are encouraged to participate and submit their completed poster entry form and abstract to the AAO. Read the full criteria.
WHO MAY PRESENT
The LBORC-NUFA Research Poster Presentation is open to osteopathic medical students, interns, residents, researchers and practicing physicians. The first author of each poster must be a member of the AAO, the Resident American Academy of Osteopathy or the Student American Academy of Osteopathy. The first author of student and resident posters must be present during the poster judging at Convocation. All presenters should register for Convocation to gain access to the presentation area.
POSTER CATEGORIES
A ram’s head trophy will be presented to the first author of those posters that win first place in each of the three poster categories for the student and resident level in original research, single case study, and education and public health.
JUDGING
Poster judging will take place during the Convocation and winners will be announced at the student awards ceremony and at the president’s banquet on Saturday, March 26. Indicate your willingness to be a volunteer judge when you register for Convocation. For more information, contact AAO staff liaison Debbie Cole at DCole@academyofosteopathy.org.
ABSTRACTS DUE FEB. 1
Download and submit your completed poster entry form and abstract to Kimberly Wolf, DO, c/o Debbie Cole at DCole@academyofosteopathy.org. All submissions must be received and dated no later than noon (12 p.m. Eastern time) on February 1, 2022. Submissions will be notified no later than Feb. 15, of their acceptance.
All authors on the poster will be asked to sign the AAO copyright agreement included in the poster entry form so that the Academy may publish posters on the AAO’s website. Signing the agreement does not prevent investigators from submitting full articles on their research to peer-reviewed journals, such as The AAO Journal and The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
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.
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Student—Case study |
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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 and public health |
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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 |
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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 Osteo- pathic 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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Resident—Case study |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Poster abstract criteria and requirements
LBORC’s guidelines for posters
2020 poster presentation winners
2019 poster presentation winners
2018 poster presentation winners
2017 poster presentation winners
2016 poster presentation winners
2015 poster presentation winners
The American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) has awarded the 2021 Andrew Taylor Still Medallion of Honor to John M. Jones, DO, of Petal, Mississippi.
Walter C. Ehrenfeuchter, DO, FAAO, of Suwanee, Georgia, received the Fellow of American Academy of Osteopathy Distinguished (FAAO) Service Award.
Submit your nomination for 2021 Outstanding Resident in OMM by May 9.