NYITCOM's Shil Punatar Shines at OMED 2018

2018 Oct 16

Shil Punatar of Jonesboro was among the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) students who made an impressive showing at this year's Osteopathic Medical Education Conference (OMED), the world's largest gathering of osteopathic physicians and educators.

Throughout the five-day conference, which was held in San Diego by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), NYITCOM students received special recognition for their commitment to research and medical education, including an impressive showcase of projects that merited awards in the annual research poster competition.

In addition to the competition winners, Tyler King, third-year student at NYITCOM at A-State, was elected President of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA), the nation's largest network of osteopathic medical students.

Fourth-year medical student Nicole Angelo of the Long Island campus added to her poster contest win during the annual American Osteopathic Foundation's Honors Gala, where she received the Inaugural 2018 Rocovich Research Award for her for concussion study.

Poster Competition Winners:

First Place:

Basic Science/Chronic Diseases & Conditions:

• Kay O. Kulason for Parkinson's Disease: Through The Nose

Clinical Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine:

• Raymond Li for Managing Tremor in Parkinson's Disease Using Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Second Place:

Clinical Musculoskeletal Injuries and Prevention:

• Joseph Miceli for The Effects of Head Impacts on Verbal and Visual Memory in Collegiate Men's Lacrosse Players From Pre to Postseason;
• James Docherty for Health Behaviors of eSport Athletes

Clinical Chronic Diseases and Conditions:

• Lily Rubin for Assessing the Impact of Rock Steady Boxing on Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease

Clinical Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine:

• Nicole Angelo for The Effect of Osteopathic Medicine on Oxidative Stress Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, a Pilot Study

Other NYITCOM students who presented posters included:

Mirette Abdalla, Salman Alam, Brandon Burg, Swera Cheema, Vincenzo Cimino, Lauren Granat, Daniel Moussouros, Tyler Nghiem, Janki Panchmatia, Jessica Poon, Pranitha Prabhu, Shil Punatar, Alisha Sherwani, and Anna Weinstein.