2020 Annual Report by Campbell Medicine

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ANNUAL REPORT

J. BRADLEY CREED President JAMES POWERS, DO Interim Dean and Chief Academic Officer MICHAEL MAHALIK, PhD Vice Dean for Academic Affairs ERIC GISH, DO Associate Dean of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Integration TERRI HAMRICK, PhD Associate Dean for Research VICTORIA KAPRIELIAN, MD Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Medical Education ROBIN KING-THIELE, DO Associate Dean for Postgraduate Affairs ROBERT TERREBERRY, PhD Associate Dean of Biomedical Affairs DAVID TOLENTINO, DO Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Editor: Sarah Bowman, JD Graphic Design: Shelley Hobbs 2 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

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CONTENTS 7

DEAN’S MESSAGE

CLASS OF 2020

AWARDS AND HONORS

SPECIAL EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

CLASS OF 2024

RESEARCH

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

CLASS OF 2017

ALUMNI

55 COVID-19

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DEAN’S

MESSAGE

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e began 2020 with great optimism and sense of excitement for the new decade; the Spring semester was off to a great start and on March 3rd, at the conclusion of a highly successful Block 3 and Block 7, we celebrated CUSOM’s 2019 Student Doctor of the Year award winner, Kara Smith (’20), featured later in this Report. We were also experiencing a sense of growing exuberance as finishing touches were being made to our plans for celebrating the Class of 2020’s extraordinary success in the first single-accreditation residency match. Then, in early March, everything changed. SARSCoV-2, better known as COVID-19, began to spread with increasing speed throughout the United States, and on March 10, 2020, with 7 confirmed cases in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper issued a State of Emergency. Thanks to advanced collaborative contingency planning efforts, our faculty and staff answered the call to go virtual literally overnight. I am incredibly proud of how each member of our team responded, going above and beyond to help transition the delivery of our curriculum and hosting of important events to virtual platforms. We learned Zoom and Blackboard Collaborate together, we were creative in ways we never thought possible, and we worked tirelessly to find new ways to engage our students and residents and ensure they continued to receive the support and outstanding medical education CUSOM prides itself on. Not surprisingly, our students were incredibly understanding, flexible and resilient. They were confronted with the challenges of adjusting to a virtual learning environment and the very real impacts of decreased social interaction with their peers, friends, and family. Due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, all in-person graduation ceremonies for the university, including CUSOM’s Class of 2020, had to be cancelled. While incredibly disappointing, we were not going to allow the situation to prevent us from celebrating the accomplishments of this amazing group of students, and thanks to the hard work and dedication of so many, we were able to host a unique, personalized, and engaging virtual graduation celebration for the Class of 2020! And while it looked different than the event our students had anticipated for so many years, it was incredibly special and full of ebullience and joy.

Of course, we all hoped by Fall 2020 things would be back to “normal”, but as August approached and the pandemic continued, it became clear that would not be possible. So, once again we charged forward together with confidence and purpose to implement a robust, hybrid model of curriculum delivery, employ innovative methods to improve student learning, host virtual interviews and other important events, and foster engagement and communication with our students and each other. Many of our faculty and staff took on additional projects ranging from the establishment of new collaborative research initiatives and ordering PPE and other critical supplies, to launching several highly successful major media communications campaigns. Our Health Center faculty and staff, along with groups of CUSOM student volunteers, provided testing for the entire university as part of “Operation Safe Return” and are currently assisting with the COVID-19 vaccination efforts. In late spring of 2020, the North Carolina Legislature, through North Carolina House Bill 1043, awarded CUSOM $6 million to support the rural health care workforce’s response to COVID-19. In addition to supporting this workforce response, these funds have enabled CUSOM to pursue a number of projects and initiatives in support of our Mission to care for rural and underserved populations including mass COVID testing in the community and skilled nursing facilities, community educational programming, and the purchase of the Mobile Health and Education Clinics featured later in this report. The disruption, devastation and loss resulting from the pandemic has been staggering and will continue to touch each of our lives into the foreseeable future. It has also provided us invaluable lessons in resilience, flexibility, and disruptive innovation in the face of uncertainty. More importantly it has reinvigorated our collective sense of gratitude, grace, kindness, patience, empathy, understanding, and genuine appreciation for the gift of our friends, families, colleagues, students, and communities. 2020 was an unprecedented year but one in which we met each challenge in the same manner we have moved forward into 2021 – together, and with great hope and confidence in our purpose, our work, the opportunities ahead, and most importantly, each other. I am so proud to present this 2020 Annual Report to you and hope you enjoy reading, and celebrating, all the amazing things you have accomplished together. James Powers, DO Interim Dean and Chief Academic Officer

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CLASS OF

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BY THE NUMBERS D

152 graduates in the Class of 2020

54% matched into primary care

100% residency placement

42 are from North Carolina

32 states and Canada represented

55% matched into residencies in the southeastern US

20 graduates entered a Campbell University affiliate residency

80% entering specialties of need in North Carolina

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54% PRIMARY CARE

Primary Care

Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics

SPECIALTY

NUMBER MATCHED

Family Medicine

Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

IM/Peds

OB/GYN

IM/Peds OB/GYN

80 % Target 80% Target Specialties Specialties

Family Medicine

Internal Medicine

Pediatrics

Med/Peds

OB/GYN

TARGET

Target

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Other

Target Other

OTHER

Family Medicine

Transitional Year

Internal Medicine

Orthopedic Surgery

Pediatrics

Anesthesiology

IM/Peds

Neurology

OB/GYN

Child Neurology

Psychiatry

Pathology

Emergency Medicine

Otolaryngology

General Surgery

Ophthalmology

PMR

Dermatology

Radiology

55% at a Target 56% AT A TARGET LOCATION Location STATE

NUMBER MATCHED

North Carolina

Virginia

Florida

Georgia

Tennessee

South Carolina

Louisiana

Tennessee

Kentucky

Louisiana

Kentucky

West Virginia

TOTAL

North Carolina

Georgia South Carolina

West Virginia

North Carolina

Virginia

Florida

Georgia

South Carolina

Tennessee

Louisiana

Kentucky

West Virginia

25% OF NORTH CAROLINA MATCHES ARE CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS Campbell University Programs MAHEC

25%

East Carolina University/Vidant University of North Carolina Hospitals Cone Health Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Carolinas Medical Center Wake Forest University

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Campbell Medicine's first Ophthalmology residency match: Dr. Ryan Machiele C

ampbell Medicine celebrated its first graduate to match into an ophthalmology residency in March. Dr. Ryan Machiele (’20) began his residency at UNC Chapel Hill in July. Ophthalmology is one of the most highly competitive residency programs, and according to the 2020 Ophthalmology Residency Match Summary Report, there were only 496 positions available nationwide in January. The Ophthalmology Residency Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a fully accredited, three-year residency with just four applicants accepted into the program each year. Dr. Machiele did not begin medical school with the goal of becoming an ophthalmologist. “What drew me into medicine was the opportunity - the idea of having a greater impact [on people’s lives] than I was having,” said Machiele. “As I learned about all the different specialties and fields, ophthalmology stood out as a very high impact field where you're really making a huge difference in someone's life.” Throughout his medical school journey, Dr. Machiele traveled abroad for a several medical mission outreach trips. Having spent time serving in Ecuador, Jamaica, and India, he became more aware of just how great the need is for ophthalmologists and their specialized skill set around the world. While reflecting on his time in India, Machiele shared, “There's just such a huge backlog of cataract cases and things that are highly preventable … people are going blind just because there isn't an infrastructure and there aren't people there who are able to operate for such a huge population.” He went on to share that he plans to continue to build international service into his career as a physician, and he felt that opportunities for service and ophthalmology are unique - easily portable and high impact globally.

“I think that's what sort of sealed the deal for me,” said Machiele. “[While serving on a couple of trips to] Ecuador, I recognized the things we were doing just for the people's vision was really life changing, and it was pretty simple.” He explained how portable ophthalmology is as compared to other specialties, even for surgical procedures. He shared how he was able to take about 1000 pairs of reader’s eyeglasses to India, and after operating all day, they would pack up supplies and drive to the surrounding villages for charity clinics in the evenings. “I would bring all my readers out there and little old ladies would come through [for glasses] … and it was pretty life changing for them - just to be able to read after they haven't for so long,” he shared. “And that was a big thing in Ecuador, too - just seeing how impactful that was and how practical it was, and that was a big deal.” Although he didn’t begin medical school with the goal of becoming an ophthalmologist, Dr. Machiele is thankful for his journey so far and very happy to be continuing his education in North Carolina at UNC Chapel Hill as a first year ophthalmology resident. When asked about his application/interview experience with such a competitive residency program, he shared a very important piece of advice. “I was fortunate to have a lot of really strong mentors, and I think that's really the one thing that set me up for success,” he said. “I worked really hard, but I think most of what I did was just doing what they asked me to do … being coachable – that’s really important.” As his journey continues, now as a resident, Dr. Machiele is passionate about continuing to meet people’s needs through ophthalmology and providing vision care for rural and underserved populations in North Carolina and around the world. - SHELLEY HOBBS

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Fulfilling the Mission: The Class of 2020 in Campbell Residency Programs CAPE FEAR VALLEY HEALTH PAUL TONOG, DO (’20), General Surgery Hometown: Fayetteville, NC Undergraduate University: North Carolina State University Masters Degree: NYCOM WHY CAPE FEAR VALLEY HEALTH? When it was time for the Match, I was happy to choose Campbell. My family moved to North Carolina in the 1990’s for my father, Dr. Jose Tan Tonog, Jr., to take a position as an Emergency physician at Cape Fear Valley Health, so growing up here I heard about the success of Campbell’s pharmacy school and was familiar with Campbell. When you think about where you want to go for residency, you want to know you are going to a program that is going to train you to be competent physician. The programs that have name recognition – Duke, Johns Hopkins, etc. – but, we have that here at Cape Fear Valley, too. Many of the attending physicians trained at university and prestigious programs, so the pedigree is here. Also the residents and atmosphere are great. Dr. Rachel Dellehunt (DO ’17) is now a fourth year surgery resident, so I’m looking forward to training under her. I’m looking forward to continuing to be part of the community. I owe so much to Campbell and the people here; I look forward to staying connected and giving back.

SOUTHEASTERN HEALTH Jacob Pearce, DO (‘20), Emergency Medicine Hometown: Tarboro, NC Undergraduate University: North Carolina State University WHY SOUTHEASTERN HEALTH? They were high on my match rank list based on location. I liked some programs farther away, but being out of state and in an urban setting isn’t attractive to me. In larger hospitals – massive places – you don’t know who’s-who and who you are handing your patients off to. I did an audition rotation at Southeastern, and everyone was very friendly, helpful and open. At other programs, they definitely didn’t have that sense of comradery. It is a pretty busy ED, but it is a smaller environment – not as hectic all the time. All of the staff and hospitalists know each other; everyone is very cordial and have a sense of community. In Lumberton, I just got a good feeling, and Ben McMichael (DO ’17) is chief resident there now, so I’m looking forward to working under his leadership.

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Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Class of 2020

22 graduates in the Class of 2020

1 Campbell graduate

9 states represented

12 students from North Carolina

19 colleges/universities represented

Avg. GPA 3.18

14 female 8 male

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Primary Care Champions Fellowship Graduation

he inaugural cohort for the Primary Care Champions Fellowship celebrated the completion of their fellowship with a graduation luncheon on Friday, January 10, 2020. Six participants completed the one-year fellowship that aims to equip physicians and physician assistants to lead healthcare transformation and enhance their teaching in community-based settings. “I have to say that since my residency in family medicine, I’ve been really excited about teaching and training the next generation of clinicians,” said Dr. Victoria Kaprielian, Primary Care Champions Fellowship program director. “This program is the perfect extension. I’m working with people who are passionate about training others to do clinical work and that really want to take care of people.” The School of Medicine works in partnership with the Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation (NCMSF) throughout the fellowship. These groups work together to help create the strong leadership component of the program. “The NCMSF is responsible for the first semester, The Successful Clinical Leader,” said Kristina Natt och Dag, PhD., MA., vice president for leadership development health systems innovations at the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation. “The Successful Clinical Leader is designed to strengthen the primary care workforce through the development of confident and authentic leadership. Through self-awareness and the exploration of purpose and intention, the fellows embark on a journey that focuses on the inner game and understanding how that impacts the outer game.” Along with attending a weekly course on-campus, the fellows are required to complete a practice transformation project throughout the fellowship. This allows them to put new skills and strategies in place immediately in their practices and/or educational settings.

Allison Beam, PA-C, started a Teen Clinic at the Harnett County Health Department for her project. She was awarded the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Individual Recognition Award for Child Health because of the Teen Clinic initiative at the NC Public Health Association conference in September 2019. “Although I had the dream of starting a Teen Clinic at the Harnett County Health Department before starting the program, I truly believe that the leadership skills I learned during the course gave me the knowledge base and confidence to help make it the success that it has been,” said Beam. “It’s been so exciting and such an honor to be recognized for work I’m so passionate about.” Thomas Motyka, DO, chair and associate professor in the Department of Osteopathic Medicine, shared how the fellowship program had an immediate impact on him in the classroom as a professor. “Learning new teaching strategies or learning about how to more effectively employ teaching strategies has really changed a lot of my presentations, lectures and labs right from the get-go,” said Motyka. “The evaluation, organizational change and educational theory [topics] changed the way I interacted and helped counsel and mentor other people in my department or that I’m working with on educational projects.” The Primary Care Champions fellows have the opportunity to complete a second year of the fellowship and earn a Master’s degree in Health Professions Education. Several program participants are moving forward with this opportunity, including Dr. Motyka, who also serves as faculty in the Harnett Health internal medicine residency. “We have certain curriculum development projects and educational goals in mind for both the [internal medicine] residency and the OMM department,” said Motyka, “and now they will be done with a more state-ofthe-art understanding of the science behind education.” -SHELLEY HOBBS

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PRIMARY CARE CHAMPIONS FELLOWSHIP INAUGURAL COHORT: Thomas Motyka, DO; Allison Beam, PA-C; Monica Stanton, MD; Nancy Finnigan, DO; Ashley Nordan, PA-C; (not pictured: Shannon Jimenez, DO)

Masters of Health Professions Education inaugural class graduates

he inaugural class of Masters in Health Professions Education graduates’ degrees were conferred on Dec. 11, 2020 during Campbell University’s Winter Commencement. The inaugural class was a small cohort of three physicians who are committed to excellence in teaching and leadership in healthcare education — especially in rural and underserved communities. “We are pleased to have our inaugural Masters of Health Professions Education (MHPE) class graduate along side five Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine,” said Dr. Jim Powers, interim dean. “The challenges COVID-19 highlighted this year are what inspired the mission for our medical school and specifically the MHPE degree – the need for leaders in healthcare education, as well as new physicians, to serve rural and underserved patient populations. Ending 2020, with the graduation of the first MHPE Class is a true high note, and we look forward to seeing them go on to be leaders in healthcare education.”

“I’m very proud of this group of trailblazers. They joined an unknown program, provided feedback to guide us through some initial challenges, and stuck with it through all the tumult of 2020,” Dr. Victoria Kaprielian, associate dean for professional development shared. “Future students in the MHPE program will benefit from the contributions of this group. We’ve watched them develop new skills, face new challenges, and develop some great new initiatives. Two are now moving on to new leadership opportunities, and the third graduate is already a Department Chair and Associate Program Director of a residency We are very pleased to see them putting their learning to immediate use.” Inaugural Masters of Health Professions Education Graduates: Nancy Finnegan, DO Thomas Motyka, DO Monica Stanton, MD

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AWARDS

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HONORS

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Class of 2020 United States Military Health Professions Scholars ZACHARY D. BROOKS, CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY

Psychiatry | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

TEEA BUNKER, CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY

Internal Medicine | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

RYAN KENT CARD, CAPTAIN, U.S. AIR FORCE

Orthopedic Surgery | Valley Consortium-CA, Modesto, CA

R. DILLON HILL, CAPTAIN, U.S. AIR FORCE

Family Medicine | Travis Air Force Base, California/University of California

KAISER LAHM, CAPTAIN, U.S. AIR FORCE

Transitional Year Internal Medicine | San Antonio, TX.

KIEFER MESPELT, LIEUTENANT, U.S. NAVY

Internal Medicine | Navy Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA

ROBERT NALLENWEG, CAPTAIN, U.S. AIR FORCE

Family Medicine | National Capital Consortium, Fort Belvoir, VA

NICHOLAS PETRI, LIEUTENANT, U.S. NAVY

Transitional Year/ Surgery Preliminary | Mt. Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH

JOSHUA B. SEIDEL, CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY

Emergency Medicine | Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX

BENJAMIN TAN, CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY

Pediatrics | Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA

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Student Doctor of the Year Kara Smith, (‘20)

ourth-year medical student, Kara Smith, was named the Campbell Medicine 2019 Student DO of the Year. Smith, a member of the Class of 2020, is pursuing a career in emergency medicine. This award comes as no surprise to anyone who knows Kara and has had the opportunity to teach, learn or serve alongside her. “Kara has taken on more responsibility as a medical student than anyone I know,” said Ryan Machiele, MSIV, Class of 2020 President. “She consistently keeps a dizzying array of plates spinning, and I believe her defining feature is that she is most happy doing so and does it with excellence.”

of the most personable, hardworking, and empathetic individuals they have had the pleasure of teaching and learning with.” In addition to serving as a teaching assistant, she volunteered with the Community Care Clinic as a student provider and assistant laboratory director. She also assisted in organizing the Mr. CUSOM fundraiser, an annual benefit for the clinic. “[Kara displayed] outstanding physician skills in the free student-run [Community Care] clinic and excellent OMM skills,” shared Dr. Charles Smutny, assistant professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine. “I would love to have her come back on our faculty. She’s

The Student DO of the Year Award is a national "Kara Smith has had a profound impact on the Campbell community: she has award sponsored by relentless enthusiasm, unmatched grit, and she will surely continue to elevate the Association of those around her while doing the most for the patients who are fortunate American Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine enough to be cared for by her in the emergency department." to recognize students - RYAN MACHIELE, Class of 2020 President at each osteopathic medical school “on the basis of their service to their college, leadership and super bright, very talented, and has osteopathic patientresearch experiences, and dedication to the osteopathic centered skills second to none at her level of training.” profession.” Smith’s fellow classmates, as well as students from other At Campbell, medical students can be nominated for classes, echoed similar praise. Kathryn Wershing, MSStudent DO of the Year anonymously by fellow students, IV, shared, “ … she was always there to lend a helping faculty and staff. The selection committee reviews the hand or offer a shoulder to cry on. She was your number recommendations, overall experience, and personal one supporter, highest motivator, and always eager to be statements for each nominee to determine the recipient. involved … she gave 110% to every single thing that had her name involved in it.” According to the committee, some key reasons Smith was selected are her “ever-present big smile and Kara not only has a heart for serving others around her, willingness to help others.” She also served as a lead but she also exemplifies strong leadership skills and advocate for the annual Incoming Student Lake Retreat passion for the osteopathic profession. As the 2016where she was instrumental in organizing and executing 2017 President of the Campbell Chapter of the Student a multi-day event hosting more than 100 incoming Osteopathic Surgical Association (SOSA), Kara led the medical students. She has served as a teaching assistant chapter in hosting numerous educational opportunities for anatomy, OMM and ultrasound. throughout the year including mock anatomy practicals and suturing skills labs. “All of these roles require good communication and long hours working with faculty members and students,” She served as the resident student organization said committee chair Dr. Bonnie Brenseke. “The faculty Graduate Medical Education Chair for the American and students who nominated Kara affirm she is one College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP)

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and recently served as the primary student coordinator for the Residency Expo and Residency Speed Dating at the annual ACOEP Scientific Assembly in addition to attending the 2019 Spring Seminar and the Summer Symposium. Smith has also been involved in the Campbell Wilderness Medicine Club serving as a facilitator in multiple Wilderness Medicine Races, attending the 2017 Southeastern Wilderness Medicine Conference in North Carolina and the 2019 Wilderness Medicine Society Summer Conference in Colorado. Currently, she is a candidate for recognition by the Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) that offers recognition of providers who have fulfilled a demanding set of requirements validating their training and experience in Wilderness Medicine. “On a clinical level, Kara’s ability to simultaneously fill many roles and juggle responsibilities will make her a powerful emergency physician,” said Ryan Machiele,

MS-IV. “On a professional level, her enthusiasm for collaboration and leadership will continue to position her as a highly influential figure in the field. And on the smallest, interpersonal level, her exuberance and positivity will continue to directly change the lives of those who have the privilege of knowing her as a friend and colleague.” “It was an honor to be nominated, but it didn’t really cross my mind that I would truly be considered – so I was shocked and amazed and very thankful,” said Smith in response to the award. “I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for everybody who sat next to me … there was more than one time in lab and other endeavors that I was supported and got to spend time truly reminding myself why we were going through [the tough journey] that we chose to put ourselves through. So to have that accomplishment justified and recognized is a real honor.” - SARAH BOWMAN AND SHELLEY HOBBS

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Rachel Helen Silver Scholar Brittany Williams, (‘22)

he Rachel Helen Silver Scholarship was established to honor the life and legacy of Rachel Silver, a member of the Class of 2021, tragically lost in a car accident on July 2, 2018. The scholarship is awarded to a second-year osteopathic medical student at the end of his/her second year who has clearly demonstrated a willingness and a passion to give back to their academic community as well as their local, regional and even national/international communities. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in hopes that the selection process will encourage all students to do their best academically and to strive to be the very best person they can be in order to make this world a better place. “Being selected for this scholarship means so much to me because it truly is my passion to use my experiences to help others,” said Brittany Williams, Class of 2022. “My entire life, I have always appreciated and truly valued the selfless love from others that allowed me to reach where I am in life, and I have always devoted myself to making sure those around me felt just as loved, appreciated and helped.

field day, CUSOM SNMA HUMP Day, and Wings Camp for Grieving Children. Williams is a member of the Sigma Sigma Phi Honors Service Fraternity, a Dean’s Scholarship recipient and a mentor for undergraduate students and MSBS students who are interested in pursuing careers in Osteopathic Medicine. She has also participated in a CUSOM medical mission trip to Armenia. “Though I didn’t know Rachel, I am honored the committee saw my peer-written application as an embodiment of who Rachel was and the legacy she would have wanted to leave. I plan to continue to live my life in a way that, not only helps others, but also honors students like Rachel who dedicated themselves to giving back to those around them,” Williams shared. “As future physicians, compassion is key. We all want to be able to make a difference in peoples’ lives, but that doesn’t mean we have to wait until we are physicians — we can do that each and every day with our family, friends and classmates because no one should ever have to go through difficult times alone.”

Rachel Helen Silver (1992 - 2018)

“Especially throughout medical school, times can get tough, and we all need people to lean on at times,” reflected Williams. “Receiving this scholarship truly means a lot – to know that during my two years at CUSOM, I have been able to make a difference in someone’s life.” Student Doctor Williams is from Henderson, NC, and earned a Bachelor of Science at Campbell University prior to matriculating into medical school. Befitting a Rachel Helen Silver Scholar, she is a very active student leader and volunteer. Williams volunteers at the Campbell University Community Care Clinic and served as the Quality Assurance Representative in 2019. During her second year, she was an Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Teaching Assistant and a tutor/peer navigator for the CUSOM Academic Center for Excellence. She served as the Pediatrics Club Secretary in 2019 and is also a member of the Emergency Medicine, SOSA, CMDA, and SAAO student organizations. She volunteers with Peds Club

Rachel’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jon Silver of Asheville, NC, were delighted to learn that the first scholarship had been awarded.

“We received a very gracious and heart-warming letter from Brittany Williams, the first recipient,” they shared. “We are truly appreciative of her beautiful gesture which only serves to further verify our long-held belief that CUSOM is recruiting the best of the best. “Having long been part of the medical field, we knew the qualities required to receive the award would result in the selection of a recipient who clearly demonstrates the level of kindness and compassion that is so crucial to success in medicine. We can readily sense these traits in Brittany from just reading her very kind words to us and discovering some of her passions. We are thankful for this scholarship, how it serves as a way to keep our daughter’s memory alive at Campbell, and as a way for her to help her fellow students.” - SARAH BOWMAN & SHELLEY HOBBS

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William F. Morris, DO Scholar Morgan Eudy, (‘22)

r. Morris was the beloved founding Chair of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine who lost his battle to cancer shortly after retiring in 2015. Faculty, staff, friends and the Class of 2017 endowed the scholarship in his memory to recognize students who demonstrate academic excellence in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM), serve as an OMM TA, and/or demonstrate a willingness and ability to serve others. Morgan Eudy, Class of 2022, was selected as the first William F. Morris, DO Scholarship Recipient. Student Doctor Eudy is from Monroe, NC and earned a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He served as a 2019-2020 OMM TA, Treasurer for the Campbell University Community Care Clinic, and President of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Club in 2019. “Being selected for the William F. Morris Scholarship is a huge honor, and I am very thankful for the financial support that this brings,” said Eudy. “Osteopathic manipulative medicine was one of the major reasons I applied to osteopathic medical schools and is an element of medical treatment I hope to one day incorporate into my patient care. Having the training and tools to treat the whole patient in a holistic manner was extremely important to me when I was applying to medical school and is what sets apart the osteopathic profession in my mind.”

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“Having known Dr. Morris and Student Doctor Eudy, I would say that Student Doctor Eudy embodies the caring and dedication that characterized Dr. Morris’ approach to patient care and education,” said Dr. Tom Motyka, current chair of OMM. “Dr. Morris was very skilled and always ready to help. No matter how inconvenient the time, he would always attend to someone in need, and I believe that Student Doctor Eudy is on track to uphold the high standard set by Dr. Morris.” Dr. Morris' wife, Carol Morris, PhD, also congratulated Eudy and expressed gratitude to CUSOM for the endowment of the scholarship in honor of her late husband. "William's legacy is the students - the students he taught himself, who have gone on to become Osteopathic physicians, and the students who have come after, who are still benefiting from his knowledge and expertise," she shared. "His passion was teaching students to 'listen' with their hands and to, as Andrew Taylor Still said, 'remove restrictions so that the body can heal itself.' He taught them that they can 'always do something' - with their training in osteopathic manipulative medicine, they have the tools to optimize function and make a real difference in the lives of their patients. We are grateful that CUSOM has created this scholarship in William's name, that his legacy lives on and his passion for OMM is embodied in the scholarship that bears his name." - SARAH BOWMAN & SHELLEY HOBBS

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Congratulations and Kudos Campbell Medicine Pediatrics Club Congratulations to the North Carolina Chapter, including our Peds Club, on receiving the American Academy of Pediatrics Outstanding Chapter Award! 2020 Ped’s Club Projects: •

Protect Kids Project - On behalf of #cusomPeds MS-II Anjali Agrawal recently worked with local law enforcement to present 112 gun locks to Regional Deans to distribute at their clinics “Hopefully, we are helping save some kiddos lives!”

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COVID-19 Safety Tips for Families with NC Shield

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Regional Campus Pediatric Supplies Drive – over $5,000 in supplies to seven communities

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Buies Creek Elementary Pumpkin Patch - The Peds Club helped our local elementary school create a pumpkin patch for 80 students to pick their pumpkin. Local support from Needmore Farms helped make this event a great success with their generous donation.

Women in Medicine Regional Conference THEME: The Change of 2020 “If you could describe 2020 in one word, it would be change. People’s lives have really been affected by COVID-19; adapting to COVID extends well beyond just wearing a mask. COVID-19 has brought so much awareness to so many issues in our society, so we are focusing on diving deeper on these issues and how women physicians can make a positive impact with these issues.” - Lea Carter, vice chair for the conference. The Women in Medicine Regional Conference is often hosted by FL schools, but Rizul Naithani, American Medical Women’s Association Student Division Region 4 Director asked us to host. The conference is open to both pre-med and med students. This is the first time a DO school has hosted the conference. The officers selected topics not always addressed in medical school, but they believed were salient enough for attendees to take forward with them throughout their career. TOPICS: •

Handling Stress as a Female Physician

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Racial Injustice in Society and the Consequences in Healthcare

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Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence

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Frontlines of COVID

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2020 Achievements Student and Clubs Benjamin Robinson, MS-II, was selected as the featured International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) member for March 2020. Brandon Burns and Jordan Nogle, MS-IIIs, were selected to the Wallace Servant Leadership Fellows program, an interprofessional seminar series designed “to inform and inspire the calling and commitment to interprofessional servant leadership in health care.” Morgan Woods (Class of 2022) - from her classmates - “Morgan never missed a lecture all year” - Congratulations on Perfect Attendance! Mahalia Robinson, MS-III, received a Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professions Scholarship! After completing residency in a field applicable to the VA, she will fulfill an obligation of service caring for our nation’s veterans. Student Osteopathic Surgical Association (SOSA) hosted a blood drive with the Red Cross in January 2020 with 48 donations made during the event. OB/GYN Club donated to the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation with their “Pink Pumpkin” fundraising contest. Student Government Association delivered care baskets for faculty and staff. They included messages from students to show appreciation. SGA also hosted trivia game nights for students - both in-person and virtually beginning in April.

Faculty and Staff Dr. Victoria Kaprielian, associate dean for faculty development and medical education, on being added to the Physician Assistant History Society because of her prominent involvement in PA education and certification! Dr. David Green received the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine’s 2020 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, presented on August 14, 2020 during the Faculty Awards portion of Campbell University’s virtual Faculty and Staff Orientation. Campbell University Years of Service Awards (announced at the Campbell University Virtual Faculty/Staff Orientation)

• Ten Years: Chuck Toscano • Five Years: Shannon Burch, Sheri Dailey, Amy Lucas, Brian Mann, Tammy Matthews, Sarah Olver, Audrey Reshard, Sonia Rhodes, Janice Taylor, Kassim Traore, and Sarah Wade.

Student Elected Awards Biomedical Faculty Award: Dr. Yen-Ping Kuo Clinical Faculty Award: Dr. Andrea Mann Outstanding Staff Award: Jennifer Parrish O’Dell

The Class of 2024 hosted several informal and outdoor/socially distanced activities and adventures for the incoming Class of 2025 to welcome them to CUSOM during Orientation week.

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5th Annual Mr. CUSOM Pageant The Campbell University Community Cares Clinic hosted the 5th annual Mr. CUSOM Pageant in January, raising $26,000 for the clinic.

Annual Osteopathic Ball

SOMA hosted the Annual CUSOM Osteopathic Ball (OBall) in January and raised over $6,200. Board games were purchased for the event and donated to the local Harnett County Boys and Girls Club.

Community Trunk or Treat

The Family Medicine Club sponsored a COVID-19 friendly community trunk or treat in October. The event was a huge success - about 2,000 small goodie bags of candy were handed out in under 2 hours!

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5th Annual Mr. CUSOM Pageant

he Campbell University Community Care Clinic (CUCCC) hosted the fifth annual Mr. CUSOM Pageant on Friday, January 17 at the Stewart Theatre in downtown Dunn, NC. This year’s theme was “Under the Big Top.” Sixteen male medical students entertained an audience of 400 with their special talents while bringing awareness and raising funds for the student-run free clinic. The pageant was a huge success raising over $26,000 (a $4,000 increase from last year) to help support the operations of the Community Care Clinic. “The idea of Mr. CUSOM began in 2016 when Dr. Hannah Anderson (DO ’19) wanted to promote the clinic to the campus and county communities,” said Cristina Hamacher, MS-I, secretary of the Campbell University Community Care Clinic. “Mr. CUSOM is the largest fundraiser for the Clinic and is essential to keep the clinic open.” The CUCCC provides free medical care to underserved, uninsured patients in Harnett County and the surrounding counties. “The funds raised at the event enable the clinic to provide muchneeded care to patients who otherwise would have very limited options,” said Hamacher. “The clinic is supported and staffed by medical, physician assistant, and pharmacy

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faculty, staff and students who volunteer their time every week to provide patient care.” Mr. CUSOM 2019, Brandon Burns, MS-II shared how there is so much more to the Mr. CUSOM pageant than just showing up for performance night. Hundreds of hours are spent by the directors in preparation and behind the scenes work – meetings, staging, decorating and hosting the actual event. The contestants averaged 4 hours a week practicing, and that doubled the week of the show. It’s certainly a team effort with classmates coming together to make all the things happen. “This show means so much to me because of what it represents and what it accomplishes,” said Burns. “It represents what is at the heart of all of our decisions to attend medical school at Campbell: to be that light in the lives of patients. “This pageant, in all its amusement and production, in its silliness and theatrics, represents the very best of what can come if you put together a phenomenal community and a little bit of heart,” he continued. “What does being Mr. CUSOM mean to me? To me it means a lot; I’m a better man for having been a part of Mr. CUSOM 2019, and now 2020. I have no idea what the future holds for the Mr. CUSOM pageant, but I’ll bet there are even better things to come.” - SHELLEY HOBBS

2020 MR. CUSOM "UNDER THE BIG TOP" WINNERS FOR OTHER CATEGORIES BEST INTRODUCTION: Nick Chase MS-I BEST ALTERNATIVE WEAR: Soham Roy MS-I BEST TALENT: George Pancio MS-I BEST FORMAL WEAR: Aiden Koch MS-I HIGHEST FUNDRAISER: Michael Davis MS-I MR. CONGENIALITY: Miles Kimbrough MS-I MOST PHOTOGENIC: David Morlock MS-I FIRST RUNNER UP: David Morlock MS-I MR. CUSOM Tommy O’Neil MS-I

JUDGES Dr. Warren Lushia Ms. Janice Taylor Ms. Amanda Lee Dr. Andy Mann

FACULTY ADVISOR & DIRECTOR Bob Schmid

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Campbell Medicine celebrates 100% residency placement, virtually

he Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine celebrated residency Match Day with the Class of 2020 on March 20, though the celebration looked a bit different this year with the moments of celebration being shared through social media and not in person at Levine Hall of Medical Sciences. The annual Match Day is the third Friday in March when medical students and residents across the country who applied through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) find out where they will continue their medical training, and like many medical schools Campbell began the tradition of hosting a Match Day celebration with the inaugural class in 2017. While the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Class of 2020, faculty and staff from gathering together in person, the administration sent out the traditional “I Matched” signs to students, and they shared their photos via email and across social media. “We are proud to announce the residency match results for the first cohort of students of the new decade and the first to participate in the merged AOA (DO) and ACGME (MD) system – the Class achieved 100-percent placement,” said J. Bradley Creed, president of Campbell University. “Due to the current international health crisis, we are not able to celebrate with our students in-person and while that makes today’s experience a bit

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different from what we would prefer, it does not dampen the joy we share. In fact, I believe it makes us think of these future Campbell physicians in an even more meaningful way.” “We are extremely proud of the Class of 2020 and their incredible success in the 2020 Match,” said Dr. Jim Powers, interim dean for the school of osteopathic medicine. “In addition to this being first match in the merged system, the 2020 Match had the largest number of applicants in history. Our students knew there would be significant competition for residency training positions this year, but they met the challenge every step of the way, with 100 percent of them achieving residency placement. “We have so much to be proud of and celebrate including the continued legacy of CUSOM military match participants, the incredible support from the community and our clinical partners, and our students who will continue their medical training in university and community health systems from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to Harnett Health, right here in our own community.” Campbell’s medical student match success is shared by eight clinical campuses from Conway, SC to Salisbury, NC and the physician preceptors and hospital staff who work with the students during their third and fourth year rotations.

“As we celebrate the 2020 Match results today, I am very proud of our students, and I am also very thankful for our dedicated faculty — especially our Clinical Chairs and advisers — who taught, supported, and guided them throughout medical school to make today’s success possible,” said Dr. David Tolentino, associate dean for clinical affairs. “Each of our clinical campuses also share in the success of our students as they have provided the training that equipped our students to standout as great candidates on their interviews and will serve them well throughout residency.” In addition to the 100-percent residency placement for Campbell Medicine’s Class of 2020, Campbell University also celebrated 100 percent of their residency program positions were filled in the Match. Campbell’s affiliate residency programs the university sponsors with four community health systems – Southeastern Health, Cape Fear Valley Health, Harnett Health and Sampson Regional Medical Center — include dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, OB/GYN and psychiatry. “Graduate medical education went through an immense transition over the past few years in the merger of our accreditation and residency application process,” reflected Dr. Robin King-Thiele, associate dean for postgraduate affairs and DIO for Campbell Graduate Medical Education. “This created an environment of unknown territory for 2020 Match participants. Our affiliate residency programs stepped up over the past few years to meet the new merged accreditation standards demonstrating their dedication to medical education and increasing the workforce pipeline to rural and underserved North Carolina. “We are proud to welcome over 100 residents from across the country to complete their training and provide patient care to the communities our hospitals serve.” - SARAH BOWMAN

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Dr. Charlotte Paolini Retirement Celebration

he Campbell Medicine community gathered virtually to celebrate the retirement of Charlotte Paolini, DO, on October 12, 2020. Dr. Paolini joined the medical school faculty in 2013 as the founding Chair of Family Medicine. In 2017, she became the Director of Geriatric Medicine. Throughout her years of service and teaching at CUSOM, she regularly treated patients at the Campbell University Health Center, and she mentored and taught students overseas on CUSOM medical mission trips and through local migrant farmworker evening clinics. As a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, Dr. Paolini helped establish a student CMDA chapter with about 40 students from the inaugural Class of 2017. As the founding Chair of Family Medicine, Dr. Paolini was also the faculty advisor for the student run free clinic. She was instrumental in the development and founding of the clinic, which was later named Campbell University Community Care Clinic (CUCCC). The CUCCC offers free medical care to local underserved communities. “[The CUCCC] has been a wonderful place to serve and a wonderful place to teach,” said Dr. Paolini. “It is very missional, and that is my heart. It was just a huge blessing to be able to be part of that. I loved going on mission trips, and I really feel like of all the things we did and do at Campbell are missional, but the free clinic has really found a place in the community. It provides a service that nobody else does and is part of the fabric of healthcare in Harnett County.” For the last several years, Dr. Paolini has served as the Director of Geriatric Medicine at CUSOM. As the Medical Director at Emerald Health and Rehab Center, she developed a geriatrics practice and training program and worked with 3rd & 4th year medical students and residents. “The geriatrics clerkship at Emerald with the students and residents was great fun, enormously successful and very rigorous, but also very satisfying,” she shared. “That is a place where I really believe God has gifted me. Problembased learning [one-on-one with patients at the bedside] – it’s just part of who I am, how I practice and how I teach.”

Dr. Paolini has worked in healthcare for over 50 years. Her passion for helping and serving people was realized at a young age, and her medical education began with nursing school in 1969. She thrived in nursing school – becoming both the class president and student nurse of the year – and continued on a few years later to become a nurse practitioner. That’s when she fell in love with family medicine and outpatient care. As her career continued, she began to look at education and academia and eventually took a position at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. There she taught geriatrics to students and residents, which really sparked her passion for geriatrics. While at SIU, she had the opportunity to work alongside Dr. Howard Barrows and began learning more about medical education, curriculum design, and problem-based learning. Her experiences at SIU led her to pursue her early dream of becoming a physician. “I was very blessed to get into medical school [at the University of New England] and knew that I wanted to do family medicine,” shared Dr. Paolini. “Even as a student, I did a lot of teaching and brought problembased learning to the UNE Medical School curriculum and helped create their simulated patient program.” After medical school, she worked in both academia and private practice. She spent several years as the director of the geriatrics programs at both The University of New England and Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine prior to coming to CUSOM. Although retiring, Dr. Paolini’s passion for learning and teaching continues. “My concern presently is for our changing culture,” said Paolini. “As Christian physicians, our right of conscience is being severely tested and challenged. I’m eager to look at culture from a Christian perspective and to assist healthcare professionals in knowing how to interact with the culture from that perspective. We need to defend our Christian world view and stand strong in that in a way that’s loving, kind and generous.” - SHELLEY HOBBS

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Simbulance joins Harnett County EMS training program

arnett County EMS unveiled its new, state-of-theart ambulance simulator, the Simbulance (SIM-1) at the school of osteopathic medicine. SIM-1 is the first simulation ambulance in the area to allow paramedics to have a mobile ambulance utilized as a dedicated training environment.

County EMS and Campbell University’s medical simulation center have been working together since 2015, and the vision to add an ambulance to the training resources had been in existence for some time.

“The unit is a joint partnership between Dunn Emergency Services, Harnett County Emergency Services, and Campbell University,” said Harnett County EMS Assistant Chief of Training, West Barefoot. “We have many providers who come to us without previous hands-on field experience. This mobile training unit will allow pre-hospital providers an opportunity to learn in a simulated environment using state of the art training equipment.”

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for the new look and retro fitting of the unit as well as the maintenance and insurance for the vehicle as it takes on its new role. “All of this is about patient outcomes,” said Dr. Jim Powers, interim dean for the school of osteopathic medicine. “To have a county committed to doing everything they can to train their providers, so the residents of Harnett County will get the level of care usually found in an urban community speaks to the dedication of all the providers involved. It is very rare to find a smaller county with a resource like this to offer in training – it is really impressive.” “Campbell’s mission is to train physicians and providers to serve underserved, rural communities, so this is a perfect fit and natural partnership between our staff and the county. County transports often take longer, and we want to help make sure their providers are the best.”

“I have helped teach using the mannequins, and they are a great tool for us to do the high risk procedures with the medical director present to oversee the training and correct any errors and make improvements in this safe environment,” Phillips explained. “Now, we can actually ride down the road and practice. It is a great tool for new staff coming in – a lot of our students have never been on an ambulance before. We have the potential for an entire simulation from on scene, through transport, and then to hospital care by using this unit combined with Campbell’s simulation lab.” Harnett County EMS Division Chief Alex Belanovich said, “None of this would be possible, without the great partnership between Campbell University, Dunn Emergency Services, Harnett County Administration and Harnett County Emergency Services. This unit will also be used throughout Harnett County to aid in pre-hospital medical education with all of the Fire/EMS departments throughout Harnett County.”

Dr. Sean Ray, county EMS Medical Director, said this type of training equipment brings the county’s practices into the current decade. The simbulance is a retired Dunn Emergency Services Type III box ambulance. It contains a simulated oxygen tank system that uses compressed air, standard stretcher to be able to load and unload a weighted mannequin, and allows technicians to experience the space constraints of an ambulance. Campbell provides the EMS learners with access to high fidelity mannequins that replicate numerous medical, cardiac, or traumatic emergencies using the computer controlled life-like simulation device for use in the moving ambulance. “For example, we can monitor how well the providers are doing CPR,” explained Brian Mann, director of simulation education for the medical school. “Everything is recorded. We can track, see trends, and gather statistical data to help us educate and improve protocols. Failures in communication, vital signs they may have missed – are all reviewed in the debrief playback of the recording.” “Over the past five years, the program has evolved to include training officers to be good supervisors, too, on how facilitate learning in a positive, safe environment. The goal is to make mistakes here in simulation and then retrain,” Mann explained. Scott Phillips, deputy chief of Dunn, has participated in some of the collaborative trainings and affirms the value this Simbulance will add.

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FAST FACTS

162 students

24 states represented

Over 25 colleges/ universities represented

15 Campbell graduates

88 female 74 male

68 students from North Carolina

Avg. GPA 3.6 Avg. Science GPA 3.54

Avg. MCAT 505

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Medical Student Summer Research Scholars Akhil Adla

Sofia Gkoulgkoutina

Ying Ku

Haley Baas

Madison Greco

Soumajit Kundu

Ryan Blanton

Ian Grooms

Blaire Lutes

Ricardo Caldas

Wes Henderson

Urja Merchant

Megyn Christensen

Alli Howell

Tommy O’Neil

Natasha Dziarnowski

Lauren Huff

Brenden Pearce

Stephanie Everest

Cooper Josephs

John Riggans

David Faircloth

Katherine Kessler

Megan Rogers

The Medical Student Summer Research Scholars (MSSRS) Program is a 7-week summer research opportunity open to rising MS-II students and requires weekly work-in-progress sessions and a final report presentation in the form of a poster or oral presentation at a local, regional, or national meeting. “Throughout this experience, I became more appreciative of research and the amount of time and effort it requires... data extraction [is] a very tedious process. I was also reminded that we should not take our own health for granted; this project was a gentle reminder I hope to carry with me to help improve the quality of life for my future patients.” - Alli Howell “The research I performed on behalf of WakeMed Health was, and continues to be, a rewarding experience. I was taught how to navigate hospital-based studies and learned the nuances surrounding IRBs and the data collection process. It also allowed me to build a rapport with some of WakeMed’s physician and nursing staff. I also learned how to better navigate an EMR platform that is widely used throughout various hospital systems. Although my Summer Scholars contract has ended, I was given the opportunity to remain with WakeMed as a member of the research team for the rest of the year. To this day, I am still remotely collecting data for the third phase of our study as I make my way through second year.” - Ricardo Caldas

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2020 National Student Researcher of the Year top ten finalist J. Tyler Ramsey, (‘22)

. Tyler Ramsey, MS-II, has been named a 2020 National Student Researcher of the Year Top Ten Finalist, an award presented by COSGP and AACOM. Ramsey is the lead researcher in a study on the impact of essential oils on breast growth – initially in boys, but the study now includes girls. His research career began in the Honors College at Appalachian State University as a Chemistry Major and continued after graduation as a Post-Baccalaureate IRTA (Intramural Research Training Award) Fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Research Triangle Park, NC. It gained worldwide media recognition and was picked up by major media outlets including Time Magazine, Forbes, the BBC and hundreds of others in March 2018 after Ramsey was invited to present an Oral Presentation and Press Conference at the 100th Annual Endocrine Society’s National Conference in Chicago, IL. “Being involved with a research project like this does add ‘one more thing’ to my long list of responsibilities as a medical student and contributes to the stress of balancing everything,” said Ramsey, “but I've realized the opportunities I have now will impact my career forever. It is truly flattering to have these experiences so early in my career.” In addition to Tyler’s research commitments, he serves as the SGA Vice-President at Campbell Medicine, is the Treasurer for the Campbell Medicine Alumni Association, an active member of the Internal Medicine Club, and is a co-founder of the new club Campbell Med Pride. The research team has tested specific components of essential oils to try and identify which ones are contributing to the increase in breast tissue growth. Their research shows that some essential oil compounds enhance the activity of estrogen (female sex hormone) while inhibiting the activity of androgen (male sex hormone). Although they have received some pushback

from the essential oil industry, they observed breast growth in adolescents when persistently using hygiene commodities such as lotions, shampoos, detergents and other products that contain essential oils – not just direct oil applications. They are now shifting the focus as to if the breast tissue growth is epidemiological and/or genetic. For example, the Hispanic population seems more susceptible, but is this because they’re using more essential oils and products, or is there a genetic correlation? Ramsey and his Principal Investigator, Dr. Kenneth Korach, have been invited to submit a research review article to the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine and are currently in the peer-review process with an anticipated publication date later this spring. This provided the opportunity to expand the research scope to look at all essential oils and their health effect as well as invite fellow Campbell Medicine students – Carrie Shropshire, MS-II; Tibor Nagy, MS-III, and Kevin Chambers, MS-III– to join the project as well. He encourages anyone who is wanting to pursue medicine to disregard stigmas in the field that only the “elite” achieve success. “You don’t have to be the smartest and brightest of the class. As long as you have a good work ethic and baseline intelligence, you’ll be fine. And I can speak for that because I was that person, I was not the most brilliant person there ever was.” “I have been fortunate to have three great research mentors (Dr. Nathan Mowa and Dr. Jennifer Cecile from Appalachian State, and Dr. Ken Korach at NIH) and the huge amount of opportunities that have been presented to me. Some students may not have seized those opportunities or taken them the direction I have, but I am driven. I could've passed up opportunities to keep this research going, but I haven't. And now I have the opportunity to pull some of my fellow medical students into the project, and what began at NIH I’m proud to continue at Campbell University.” - SHELLEY HOBBS

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3rd Annual Regional Research and Education Symposium

he Department of Postgraduate Affairs held the 3rd Annual Regional Research and Education Symposium on Friday, February 14, 2020, at Levine Hall. A total of 118 Resident posters from Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Harnett Health, Sampson Regional Medical Center, Southeastern Health, and the CUSOM Sports Medicine Fellowship were submitted, making this the largest research event to date. There were 93 clinical case presentations and 25 original research projects. Residents worked with students and faculty advisors to submit posters in quality improvement categories. The symposium is a pre-conference event for the Annual Winter CME Conference co-hosted by the North Carolina Osteopathic Medical Association (NCOMA), North Carolina Society of American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (NCS-ACOFP) and CUSOM. The focus for this year’s conference was Update on Lung Disease: A Path to Diagnosis and Improved Patient Outcomes. Many conference attendees served as judges for the symposium the night before or attended to see the research by Campbell students and residents across the state. The conference featured lectures from nine speakers, including Dr. Kevin Davidson, Interventional Pulmonologist with WakeMed Raleigh who identified the first cases of vaping related lung injury in North Carolina in 2019. “The conference is a valuable opportunity for clinical faculty who train our students and residents throughout the Carolinas to come together with other providers

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to get CME and support the research our residents are doing as well,” said Dr. Robin King-Thiele, associate dean for postgraduate affairs. “We would like to thank the 39 faculty who served as judges and congratulate the 13 winners.” “The research symposium is an excellent opportunity for our residents to showcase their dedication to independent scholarly work which enhances patient care for all of us,” said Dr. James J. Cappola, III, chair and associate professor of internal medicine. “As a resident, we are constantly striving to stay updated on the most recent evidence-based practices, treatments, and procedures, to provide the best care possible for our patients,” said Dr. Michael Reep, resident at Harnett Health. “Having the opportunity to participate in research ensures we continue to evaluate, scrutinize, and validate the current data in order to challenge medical practices which may be obsolete. The utility of medical and clinical research is in its ability to be put into practice and make the public aware of new treatment options and their viability.” “The symposium was well done,” continued Reep. “It is one of the few times a year when all Campbell residents come together to network and see each other’s research. I look forward to participating in the future. - SARAH BOWMAN

2020 Research Symposium Winners POSTER WINNERS BY CATEGORY: MORTALITY: MATTHEW KWON Metformin Induced Lactic Acidosis (Cape Fear Valley Health)

READMISSIONS: SCOTT STOCKHOLM

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Diagnosis after Frequent COPD exacerbations (Cape Fear Valley Health)

SAFETY OF CARE: ELIZABETH ROE Treatment of Severe Malaria in the US (Cape Fear Valley Health)

PATIENT EXPERIENCE: LAURA WILLIAMS

Case of New Onset Psychosis Developing during admission for Depression (Cape Fear Valley Health)

EFFECTIVENESS OF CARE: PATRICK WHITMAN

Triple Therapy in a Case of Suspected Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Sampson Regional Medical Center)

TIMELINESS OF CARE: RYAN KAVILAVEETTIL

An Atypical Presentation of a Rare Disorder Retroperitoneal Fibrosis (Southeastern Health)

EFFICIENT USE OF MEDICAL IMAGING: STEPFANY FUENTES Hypoxia, A Rare Case of Methemoglobinemia (Cape Fear Valley Health)

EMERGING MEDICAL CARE: MICHAEL REEP

Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure secondary to E-Cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury (Harnett Health)

EMERGING MEDICAL CARE: VICTOR LONG

Unexplained Shortness of Breath in an Amyl Nitrates User (Cape Fear Valley Health)

PROJECTS:

1ST PLACE: BRIAN REGAN

Noncompliance and its effects on Hypertension (Southeastern Health)

2ND PLACE: SACHIBEN PATEL

Hand Sanitation Rates in the Outpatient Family Practice Setting (Southeastern Health)

3RD PLACE: NICHOLAS BIONDI

The Impact of Interprofessional monitoring and education on the usage of systemic glucocorticoids in Acute Exacerbation of COPD (Cape Fear Valley Health) MEDICINE.C AMPBELL.EDU

Student Research Spotlight Eddie McCray, Class of 2022

dwin (Eddie) McCray, Class of 2022, has been accepted as a research fellow for clinical neurosurgery at Duke University. He is taking a gap year between his 3rd and 4th year of medical school to complete the fellowship and to get a Master’s in Healthcare Administration.

Student Doctor McCray's research is mostly related to spinal cancer or other types of cancer that have metastasized and spread to the spine and various factors that may lead to disparities in outcomes. ABOUT STUDENT DOCTOR MCCRAY’S RESEARCH We’re looking at multiple myeloma, which is a type of cancer that often presents itself in the spine. That [type of cancer] is normally treated with chemotherapy or radiation, but if that’s not working over time you’re prone to your spine collapsing because the bone is becoming damaged. You would have to have surgery to get rods and screws put in to stabilize your spine. Looking at the outcomes after those surgeries, there’s actually a lot of disparities based on gender, race, insurance status – whether you have private insurance, Medicaid, or no insurance. We look at the data and use statistical analysis to determine if there’s a difference between the subgroups. This allows you to be aware of how you may have some type of intrinsic bias that you’re not aware of that is causing you to treat one group of people differently than others. Sometimes it’s not something you’re doing – so, is there something in the system? This allows you to try and mitigate those issues to try and have equal outcomes.

10th Annual Wiggins Research Symposium Winners: ORAL PRESENTATION HIGH MERIT

Case Study of an Anomalous Accessory Muscle of the Posterior Forearm Arash Behroozi, Brandon Block, Jeremie Bourget, Monyetta Hanson Faculty Mentors: Dr. Bonnie Brenseke and Dr. David Green

ORAL PRESENTATION MERIT

Evaluating the Use of Mixed Reality to Teach Respiratory Anatomy Benjamin Robinson Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Brenseke

POSTER PRESENTATION HIGH MERIT

Acute Liver Failure Due to Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 Tanner Mabry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Stewart

POSTER PRESENTATION MERIT

Histopathology of Type I Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Kaylie Dunbar, Thomas Gignac, Robert Greer, and Tyler Strong Faculty Mentor: Dr. Howard Reisner 46 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

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MEDICAL EDUCATION

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INSIDE LOOK ONMM residency received initial accreditation in April

19 ACGME accredited residency programs

Sports Medicine Fellowship graduated 6th cohort

Over 300 residency positions

Campbell affiliated residencies 100% filled CAMPBELL AFFILIATED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS: Dermatology Transitional Year Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Internal Medicine

Cardiology OB/GYN Sports Medicine Surgery Psychiatry

AFFILIATE HOSPITALS

Campbell University Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Conway Medical Center

Harnett Health Sampson Regional Medical Center Southeastern Health

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STATISTICS 43 are from North Carolina 42 went to a NC college or university 32 are from a rural area 41 are from a Health Profession Shortage Area

10 entered military health professions scholars residency

25 entered residency in North Carolina 48 entered residency in our geographic/SE target area

83 went into primary care 31 entered family medicine 115 did a residency in a target speciality of need

86 IDENTIFIED COMPLETED RESIDENCY IN 2020 51 reported entering practice and 14 of them have a fellowship education acceptance. Of the 51 with jobs, 17 of them are in North Carolina and 4 have fellowships in NC. There are 27 Chief Residents from the Class of 2017. MEDICINE.C AMPBELL.EDU

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Thank you, Alumni!

In an extraordinary time, you continue to be extraordinary physicians.

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The School of Medicine’s Response

ampbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine received $6 million to create a rural-focused testing and treatment initiative for the COVID-19 global pandemic as part of the state of North Carolina’s $1.6 billion relief package signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper on May 4, 2020. This relief package was extended by President Trump in December 2020 to support continued efforts for prevention, testing, treatment and vaccination through 2021. Campbell is one of five universities included in the “COVID-19 research” portion of North Carolina’s House Bill 1043 — joining Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina, and Wake Forest. The $6 million allocated to Campbell directly impacts the work and mission of the university, which has been tasked to form a community- and rural-focused primary care workforce response to the pandemic. Initiatives Through this purposeful funding, medical faculty, staff and students at Campbell worked to: • Support community testing initiatives • Provide treatment in community-based health care settings • Monitor rural populations • Educate health professionals on best practices for a pandemic response • Support rural communities through primary care

Campbell Scholarly Work and Research Antibody Monitoring and Identification of Linear Peptide Epitopes for IgG Antibodies Specific to SARS-CoV-2 S and N Proteins in Convalescent Patient Plasma from a Central NC Rural Community (PI: Dr. Qinfeng (Sarah) Liu, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences) Compounding/Manufacturing Hand Sanitizers for Health Care Workers and Rural Communities (PI: Dr. David Eagerton, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences) Evaluating the Role of COVID-19 Proteins on Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells (PI: Dr. Kassim Traore, School of Osteopathic Medicine) Mobile Education and Health Clinic (Co-PIs: Dr. Alfred Bryant & Dr. Laura Lundsford, School of Education, in collaboration with Bob Schmid, School of Osteopathic Medicine) A research web page was created to feature all of the research and scholarly work projects: https://medicine.campbell.edu/covid19research/

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COVID-19 PSA Campaign and Outreach Education

he School of Osteopathic Medicine Department of External Affairs was granted $200,000.00 to work with a diverse portfolio of media outlets to create a public service announcement (PSA) campaign to support the primary care workforce and public health by reinforcing CDC COVID-19 prevention guidelines and addressing other aspects of health impacted by the pandemic such as mental health, flu vaccinations, and general primary care. Phase 1: The 3 W’s and How to Maintain Your Overall Health During the Pandemic Phase 2: Celebrate the Holidays Safely and Enroll in the Community Research Partnership Under the 2021 extension, the Department of External Affairs has applied for an additional $100,000 to implement Phase 3: The COVID-19 Vaccine is safe and effective; plan to get your shot and continue safety protocols. The webpage - https://medicine.campbell.edu/campaign/covidcare - was created as a resource for the public to support the PSA Campaigns. Social Story for Exceptional Children Exceptional Camels Interest Group leaders Kayla Distin and Jack Thomas partnered with illustrator Sumerlyn Carruthers to create “Coronavirus Social Story” to help exceptional children understand the virus and what they can do to help themselves and others stay well. The story was animated by Campbell University staff, Mr. Charles Phillips and the print layout was edited by Ms. Sarah Bowman and Ms. Shelley Hobbs. The animated version was published on the School of Osteopathic Medicine’s YouTube Channel and 20,000 English and 5,000 Spanish versions were distributed to rural North Carolina schools.

University Health Center Resources and Services

niversity Health Center was provided funding to acquire the resources necessary to adequately test, monitor, and provide the care associated with the COVID-19 to the campus community. A key resource was the construction of a free-standing drive through COVID-19 test center adjacent to the Health Center where members of the Harnett County and university communities are tested for COVID-19, flu, and other viruses. The University Health Center was also upgraded for more extensive testing, treatment, and sanitation purposes, including ultraviolet light sanitation systems and improvements to the HVAC system. 10,000 COVID-19 test kits and 11 Abbott Labs Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 test machines were acquired to provide test results to community members in as little as 5 minutes. Significant amounts of PPE including N-95 masks, gowns, face shields and gloves as well as sanitation products were ordered to ensure a supply for the Health Center, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Community Care Clinic and affiliate providers as needed.

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Community Care Clinic Resources and Services

he Campbell University Community Care Clinic (CUCCC) is a student-run free clinic for uninsured patients; the Clinic collaborates with the Department of Community and Global Health to host mobile clinic services. The CUCCC acquired resources to test, monitor, and provide care associated with COVID-19 to the local and extended community including hiring two temporary healthcare professionals – and administrative staff member and a Physician Assistant to assist with scheduling on-campus, nursing home, and community testing.

Mobile Clinic Highlights: •

COVID-19 Screening and Flu Shot Clinic in the Shawtown community of Lillington, NC on November 21, 2020.

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COVID-19 Screening and Flu Shot Clinic at the Dunn United Minister’s Association (DUMA) Food Bank in Dunn on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Several local ministers participated to offer spiritual support as well. 64 patients were tested.

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A COVID-19, Flu Shot, Health Screening clinic planned for January 16, 2021 in Seven Springs (Wayne County) in collaboration with NC Field, a non-profit that works to fill service gaps in the farmworker community, raise awareness of the plight of the farmworker, and empower farmworkers to pursue educational and economic opportunities beyond the fields.

Health Center and Mobile Clinics plan to collaborate with Harnett County and surrounding communities to distribute the vaccine in 2021 especially to rural and underserved communities. Freezers are essential equipment for vaccine availability and distribution to these communities. Campbell purchased 7 freezers that can maintain the extreme temperatures necessary to store the vaccine. One freezer is being leased to Campbell Affiliate Hospital UNC Southeastern Health in Lumberton, NC so they can have vaccine available to distribute to citizens in one of NC‘s most underserved and diverse communities.

Wake Forest COVID-19 Community Research Partnership:

Multicenter, Prospective Study of COVID-19 Using Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance, InHome Serology and Virology Testing, and Electronic Health Records for Further Investigative Research. Campbell University joined Wake Forest Baptist Health’s Community Research Partnership to offer COVID-19 testing and surveillance to support research and intervention across a wide geographic area and diverse patient population. Campbell affiliate health systems Cape Fear Valley Health, Harnett Health, and Southeastern Health all received funding and support to facilitate enrollment of subjects into the study. Subjects are recruited and enrolled electronically. A brief survey is completed upon enrolling, and subjects have the option to sign up for free in-home serologic testing and virology testing. The test kits are mailed directly to each participant’s home for use. Each participant then completes a daily survey asking for syndromic data. The data is then aggregated in a patient monitoring dashboard, which allows for syndromic data and demographic information to be analyzed. Electronic health records are planning to be accessed to check for comorbidities alongside syndromic data. The data and research from this study will be presented at scientific/medical meetings or published in scientific journals. Campbell University affiliate hospital UNC Southeastern Health showed significant results in patient participation. The PSA Campaign Phase II supported enrollment communications through digital and print assets among targeted demographics as well as a statewide audience and will continue in 2021.

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External Projects NC Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) The NC AHEC system facilitates State Health Workforce Planning, particularly crucial in the context of current issues that impact health care delivery and the health care workforce during and after a pandemic. In NC Senate Bill 704 (S704) passed in 2020, the AHECs were tasked to study the effects of COVID-19 on the healthcare workforce. AHEC plans to use the results of the study, in collaboration with the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, to create plans for a state-wide workforce response in the event of a future health crisis. Thus, AHEC agrees to provide three deliverables in partnership with Campbell: AHEC Deliverable #1: Provide to the NC General Assembly the comprehensive response to the Pandemic Health Workforce Study mandated in S704. AHEC Deliverable #2: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (Sheps Center) will support the development and maintenance of a database of physician practices in NC and a web-based emergency response tracking system that can be used to: 1. Quickly contact and survey physician practices in communities across NC in case of an emergency (pandemic, hurricane, etc.) 2. Facilitate and track technical assistance being provided based on assessed need, by NC AHEC, NC DHHS Office of Rural Health, and other organizations such as health departments, free and charitable clinics, professional societies, etc. 3. Conduct research to better understand the distribution of primary care practices and other physician practices, including the variation co-located physician specialties and different models of team-based care needed to address population health needs in North Carolina AHEC Deliverable #3: Sheps Center will implement modernizations of its workforce data system. North Carolina is fortunate among states to have 40 years of data about the health workforce. For just as long, policymakers and researchers have used these data to discover and ameliorate disparities in healthcare access, especially in rural areas. Yet, the COVID-19 crisis has made clear that North Carolina’s workforce data system must be modernized to respond quickly and flexibly to data requests.

Southern Regional Area Health Education Center Under Dr. Emily Ghassemi’s leadership, the Southern Regional Area Health Education Center (SRAHEC) has increased COVID-19 and influenza testing in the local community by providing testing supplies, personnel, and safer facilities for testing. Additionally, healthcare professionals and community members have attended educational programming to address COVID-19 specific health disparities in the community and to provide support for trauma informed care for healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Benson Area Medical Center Dr. Beth Mills directed an extension of primary care services for diabetes management through the Benson area. This project established a working model for in-home, drive-up and telehealth encounters with diabetes patients who may not have been able to come into the clinic due to fear or COVID-19 vulnerability. Diabetes is one of the most commonly found comorbidities in patients with severe COVID-19 disease. Risks associated with COVID-19 disease are lower if diabetes is controlled. This project enabled Benson Health, a community owned non-profit rural health center, to provide diabetes care services to patients who had canceled or postponed treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mobile Health Education Clinics

ampbell University is responding to the medical care needs of the local, regional, and State of North Carolina rural and underserved residents with a new generation of Mobile Heath and Education Clinics (MHEC).

The fleet of new vehicles will include three mobile clinics equipped to support delivery of COVID testing, immunization and educational resources in smaller communities with limited access to healthcare resources. Services will include primary care, patient referral to local community resources and health education for care and prevention of common chronic health conditions like diabetes and hypertension. These mobile clinics will begin service in 2021 locally and regionally for COVID-19 community testing, primary care health delivery, and education of community members, school groups, and health care professional training. MHEC resources include: •

4180 square ft. tent system with air purification, lighting and heaters for patient care, testing and immunization

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2 Passenger and equipment transport vans received including vaccine freezers

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3 Mobile Health and Education Clinics

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COVID Education – Patient Education Package

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Supporting operational, educational and medical equipment

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Medical equipment including ECG and Ultrasound

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Mobile technology to create and maintain digital medical records on-site

“After a very trying and tumultuous year for Healthcare, Higher Education, our Nation and the World, I am hopeful that our work on this project represents the seed of a new program which will impact the health and education of North Carolinians for decades to come. As we ramp up to extend healthcare services to smaller under-resourced communities, I am enthusiastic about the improvements we will be able to make in the lives of these individuals and the experiential learning opportunities for our Medical and Health Science students.” - Bob Schmid

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2020 Annual Report

Articles inside

COVID-19 | External Projects

COVID-19 | PSA Campaign and Outreach Education

COVID-19 | The School of Medicine's Response

Student Research Spotlight Eddie McCray, Class of 2022

3rd Annual Regional Research and Education Symposium

2020 National Student Researcher of the Year top ten finalist J. Tyler Ramsey, (‘22)

Simbulance joins Harnett County EMS training program

Dr. Charlotte Paolini Retirement Celebration

Campbell Medicine celebrates 100% residency placement, virtually

5th Annual Mr. CUSOM Pageant

Morris Scholarship Awarded

Silver Scholarship Awarded

Student Doctor of the Year Kara Smith, (‘20)

Primary Care Champions Fellowship & MHPE Graduation

Fulfilling the Mission

First Ophthalmology Match

Dean's Message