Osteopathic Medical Students
Applications/nominations are now being accepted for the following student opportunities.

· Burnett Osteopathic Student Research Award (Deadline: April 24, 2013)
· William G. Anderson, DO, Minority Scholarship (Deadline: April 24, 2013) TIME SENSITIVE YOU MUST COMPLETE YOU APPLICATION ASAP WITH THE AID OFFICE
· McCaughan Heritage Scholarship (Deadline: April 30, 2013)
· Welch Scholars Grants (Deadline: May 10, 2013) TIME SENSITIVE YOU MUST COMPLETE YOU APPLICATION ASAP WITH THE AID OFFICE

Osteopathic Educators and Physicians
Do you know an osteopathic leader whose actions promote the science of osteopathic medicine and the betterment of public health, an osteopathic educator who is changing lives or an osteopathic physician that is making outstanding advancements in medicine? Are you that person? The AOF has an exciting opportunity for you.

· Educator of the Year Award (Deadline: May 3, 2013)
· Physician of the Year Award (Deadline: May 10, 2013)
· James M. Lally, DO, Emerging Leader Award (Deadline: May 10, 2013)

Furthermore, many people may be interested in funding a trip abroad. Check out this presentation that was given at the January Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP) meeting that may help in planning a trip.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6i2e02729v9b632/g26Tc-n3il/Presentations/COSGP%20GHC%20Fundraising%20and%20Meds%20Presentation.pptx

Sincerely,
Farzan Gorgani
SGA President

President: Ken Saad
Vice President: Samanatha Mastanduono
Treasurer: Lauren Clement
Secretary: Marissa Dombovy-Johnson
2nd Year Rep: Chris Esposito

Congrats to the new AOASM E-board!

MINUTES OF CMDA MEETING OF FEBRUARY 21ST 2013

The meeting started with a praise and worship session while students signed in
and got their lunch. Then the president, Dapo Adefeso introduced and welcomed Pastor
John Yenchko of North Shore Community Church who was our guest speaker for the day.
Pastor Yenchko gave a brief but very powerful and encouraging talk entitled “The
Power of Personal Prayer” in which he encouraged us to always identify with and have
empathy for our future patients and to pray for them no matter what we see in our future
medical practices.
The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to Pastor Yenchko by Lazarus Onwuka,
our second year rep, an announcement about our upcoming E-board elections by the vice
president, Nidun Daniel and some news about our proposed club T-shirts by our
treasurer, Carelle Cherebin.
The meeting was adjourned till Thurdsay, March 7th 2013.

Disaster Relief Partnership Group Meeting
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 12:00 p.m., William Rogers Auditorium
Advisor: Dr. D. Lardner

The fifth general assembly meeting of the Disaster Relief Partnership Group, DRPG, was
held on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 12:00 p.m., in the William Rogers Auditorium of NYIT-
COM.

Board Members
Present: Michael Nickas (President), Christopher Lau (Vice President), Anita Lui (Secretary),
Ryan Guzik (First-year Representative)
Absent: Andrew Ho (Treasurer)

The President began the meeting with a welcome message to the general assembly.

The Advisor discussed the opportunities available through the Robert F. Kennedy Center
for Justice and Human Rights.

The motion relating to the election of the 2013-2014 Executive Board was taken up.
Tracy Rostholder ran unopposed for President, and was elected as President for the 2013-
2014 academic year. With 28 votes, the majority elected Ambika Nath as the Vice President,
against two other candidates. Tatyana Shvilkina ran unopposed for Secretary, and was elected
as Secretary for the 2013-2014 academic year. Vijay Chadderwala ran unopposed for Treasurer,
and was elected as Treasurer for the 2013-2014 academic year.

The President concluded the meeting with an announcement about distribution of DRPG
shirts to paid members.

The meeting adjourned at 12:40 p.m.

Anita Lui, Secretary

In describing a typical day for her at Coney Island hospital, she
appreciates that she has a pretty high caseload and describes it as an
intense learning experience. On average, between the intern and
resident, they would share 10 patients between the two of them.
Although it is a community hospital, it offers her a high volume of
patients, pushing her to quickly pick up skills during her first year
as an intern. When comparing to university internal medicine programs,
she does see the benefits, as there are more opportunities for
didactic learning, lectures and opportunities to get involved in
research but ultimately, she would not trade that for the high
caseload she gets at Coney Island hospital.

She also expressed that in order to get accepted into a competitive
residency, it is important to get yourself acquainted with the right
people, such as the medical director and influential attendings, in
order to get your foot in the door and be noticed. She recommends
rotating through the hospital in which you are highly interested in
doing your residency in. Excelling and getting a good score on your
Step 1 is also another huge contributing factor in getting the
residency you want. As an example, she revealed that the medical
director for her program at Coney Island hospital normally would
accept students who score at the 90th percentile on their Step 1 and
has a cutoff score that determines who he will grant interviews to.

When talking about many of her deciding factors on why she ultimately
decided to pursue internal medicine, she expressed that it was a
decision that literally changed for her overnight. When explaining in
detail, she had prematurely made her decision to pursue surgery all
throughout medical school. She had devoted rotations and electives
during her preclinical years on excelling her surgical skills.
Ultimately, she decided that surgery was not right for her. She wanted
a healthy balance between life in the hospital and life outside of it
and being a surgeon was not something that will allow her to have that
freedom.

Currently she is completing her last year as a resident. Having gone
through different electives and subspecialties of internal medicine,
she found herself being very drawn to working at the ICU and had
contemplated pursuing a critical care fellowship. Because being a
critical care fellow is very demanding and would entail her to run the
floor for the next subsequent three years, she ultimately decided to,
once again, find a balance between lifestyle and career and will
instead pursue a pain and palliative care fellowship. It is an
intensive, one year hospital-based training. in which she will be
trained to reduce suffering and pain for patients in a critical care
setting and to ultimately, allow them to die peacefully when all
measures have been explored and nothing else more can be done for the
patient to cure them from their ailment. More importantly, it will
help her build skills in how to effectively communicate with patients,
and their family members to discuss when palliation is the next and
final step in order to provide for a graceful and comfortable death.
Without sacrificing her lifestyle for her career, Nina once again is
able to get the best of both worlds.

Before ending the meeting, she leaves us with some pearls of wisdom
she has picked up along the way. Having been through it all, at the
frontline trenches, she reminds us to not sweat the small stuff, to
allow time to decompress from time to time and most importantly, that
there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Dr. Art Rastinehad, Interventional Urologist from NSLIJ, spoke about his work as a urologist and
radiologist particularly pertaining to men’s health. He discussed current techniques, ongoing research
and ideas on what the future holds for men’s health screening programs. He also discussed his pathway
in medicine including the struggles he experienced and gave advice to current students on how to
succeed in clerkships, on interviews, and in post graduate training. He opened the floor to questions
and closed with well wishes for the future.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:55pm.

American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists Intubation Workshop
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 12:00 p.m., William Rogers Auditorium
Advisor: Dr. Ursula Landman

The Intubation Workshop by the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists,
AOCA, was held on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at 12:00 p.m., in the William Rogers
Auditorium of NYIT-COM.

Board Members
Present: Justin Benoit (President), Anita Lui (Secretary), William Danial (Treasurer),
Mohammed Rahman (First-year Representative), Mark Baginski (Literature Representative)
Absent: Baruch Kim (Vice President)

The Advisor began the workshop with a presentation about Intubation.

She reminded the general assembly about the upcoming events in the field of
Anesthesiology:

•

The 40th Annual AOCA Mid-year Seminar will be held on March 15, 2013 through
March 17, 2013 at the Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile. Visit aocaonline.org
for more information.

•

Society for Obstetrics Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP)’s 45th Annual Meeting will
be held on April 24-28, 2013 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, PR. Visit soap.org for
more information.

•

International Anesthesia Research Society’s (IARS) annual meeting will be held on May
4-7, 2013 in San Diego, CA. Visit IARS.org for more information.

•

AOCA’s Annual conference will be held on September 22-25, 2013 at the Omni Sheraton
hotel in Washington, D.C.

•

AOCA’s Annual conference will be held on September 28 – October 1, 2014 at the
Westin hotel in Scottsdale, AZ.

The Advisor provided information for research opportunities through Foundation for
Anesthesia Education and Research with a deadline on February 1, 2013. Visit FAER.org for
more information.

The intubation workshop adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Anita Lui, Secretary

This year’s suturing workshops were among the largest workshops
NYIT-COM has ever seen, partly because NYIT-COM is only a month old,
but also because we had the help of multiple NYIT-COM organizations
and our very own suturing specialists in Dr. Futterman and Dr. Saggio.
Each student was equipped with a dissecting tray, scalpel, sutures,
and pig’s feet, making for a very successful suturing simulation so
we can learn and master the art of suturing. Special thanks goes out
to all organizations involved, Dr. Futterman for having all the
supplies available, and Dr. Saggio for demonstrating the proper way to
suture.

Other exciting events SOSA had the pleasure to host recently includes
bringing in 3rd year resident from Stamford Hospital, Dr. Ryan Bendl
and Interventional Urologist from North Shore LIJ, Dr. Art Rastinehad.
January 10th was the day that SOSA members and others in attendance
had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Ryan Bendl speak about the path
he took coming out of NYCOM in pursuit of emergency medicine.
Currently a 3rd year resident up at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut,
Dr. Ryan Bendl gave the audience some good information relative to
applying to residency, his opinions on taking the USMLE vs only taking
your COMLEX, and concluded with reassuring everyone that there is life
after medical school.

On January 24th, SOSA had the pleasure of bringing the only
Interventional Urologist in the world back to his roots. Dr. Art
Rastinehad, NYCOM graduate 2004 and now Interventional Urologist at
North Shore LIJ, discussed how the inadequacies in prostate screening
motivated him to make a difference. His conclusion, perform a guided
biopsy with an imaging modality that combines both ultrasound and MRI.
During his discussion, Dr. Art Rastinehad explained his research that
aims to prove increased sensitivity and patient satisfaction with his
method of screening.

SOSA wants to thank all those who came out to the suturing workshops
and listened to our guest speakers this month. Without the support
from our fellow classmates, Dr. Saggio, and Dr. Futterman this month
would not have been such a success.

American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists IV Workshop
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 12:00 p.m., Riland Auditorium
Advisor: Dr. Ursula Landman

The IV Workshop by the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists, AOCA,
was held on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at 12:00 p.m., in the Riland Auditorium of NYIT-
COM.

Board Members
Present: Justin Benoit (President), Baruch Kim (Vice President), Anita Lui (Secretary), Mark
Baginski (Literature Representative)
Absent: William Danial (Treasurer), Mohammed Rahman (First-year Representative)

The President began the meeting with a welcome message to the general assembly.

Dr. Ursula Landman gave a presentation about Intravenous Therapy. Also, she spoke
about the upcoming events in the field of Anesthesiology:

•

The 40th Annual AOCA Mid-year Seminar will be held on March 15, 2013 through
March 17, 2013 at the Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile. Visit aocaonline.org
for more information.

•

Society for Obstetrics Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP)’s 45th Annual Meeting will
be held on April 24-28, 2013 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, PR. Visit soap.org for
more information.

•

International Anesthesia Research Society’s (IARS) annual meeting will be held on May
4-7, 2013 in San Diego, CA. Visit IARS.org for more information.

•

AOCA’s Annual conference will be held on September 22-25, 2013 at the Omnisheraton
hotel in Washington, D.C.

•

AOCA’s Annual conference will be held on September 28 – October 1, 2014 at the
Westin hotel in Scottsdale, AZ.

The Advisor provided information for research opportunities through Foundation for
Anesthesia Education and Research with a deadline on February 1, 2013. Visit FAER.org
for more information. The Advisor also provided the e-mail address of her resident for more
information about research: Jonathan.Tan@sbumed.org

For shadowing opportunities, e-mail Ursula.Landman@sbumed.org

The workshop adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Anita Lui, Secretary