Several Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty recently attended the Osteopathic Medical Education Conference to network, instruct, present research, and more.
For the first time, Baptist Health Sciences University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and its professors made an appearance at the Osteopathic Medical Education Conference, which is the country’s biggest annual conference on the subject, with thousands of academics, medical professionals, medical students, practicing osteopathic physicians, and more in attendance. The event was hosted by the American Osteopathic Association.
As outlined in an article on Baptist Health Sciences Unviersity's website, the faculty of Baptist Health Sciences University in attendance were able to make good use of their time at the conference.
Chair and association professor of osteopathic principles and practice and program director of osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine residence at BUCOM, Dr. John Biery, was at OMED as both an instructor and as a lecturer in the American Academy of Osteopathic Family Physicians’ osteopathic manipulative treatment next level workshop on headache treatment. He also lent his talents to those in attendance by serving as a table trainer, helping physicians who attended to improve and maintain their skills in the usage of osteopathic manipulative treatment with hands-on instruction. His work in this endeavor was approved as an opportunity for the Osteopathic Continuous Certification process, which is needed for those in the the field to keep their Osteopathic Family Physician Board Certification.
Associate dean of research at BUCOM Dr. Audrey Vasauskas was joined at the conference by her inter-institutional research team, at which they shared their early study results in a presentation called “Pulmonary artery endothelial cells show evidence of potential endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition upon exposure to SARS-CoV spike protein.” For the study, Dr. Vasauskas worked as the PI, or principal investigator, with the position of lead student researcher being taken by her former student, Jeff Tomes, who also served as the poster presenter.
The chair of clinical services at BUCOM, Dr. Elly Riley, made important connections for the university and its future students while at the conference, and also attended important lectures. While there, she also earned recognition toward her Fellowship status and obtained at CME credit.
Assistant dean of osteopathic principles and practice and of osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine resident at BUCOM Dr. Regina Flemming earned CME credits at the conference as well, and managed to network with several health care professionals in the osteopathy discipline. While at the conference, Dr. Fleming also presented a poster called "OMT Alleviated Migraine-like Pain Via Blockade of Trigeminal Activation".
Vice provost and dean at BUCOM Dr. Peter Bell attended the conference along with senior associate dean for clinical affairs and professor of ophthalmology at BUCOM, Dr. David Klink, and assistant dean of administration, operations and services at BUCOM, Dr. Cameron Conn, as exhibitors. The three faculty members met with prospective faculty and students, as well as other deans from around America with the goal of promoting BUCOM, and discussing the director of the profession as well as new COM standards expected to go into effect next July.
The whole of the BUCOM team in attendance at the conference participated in many keynote presentations, the opening reception, and medical school reunions and receptions, as well as the American Osteopathic Foundation Honors Gala, for which the university was a sponsor.
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