TOUCH AWARDS & STUDENT ELECTED AWARDS

CLASS OF 2020 TOUCH AWARDS

The Translating Osteopathic Understanding into Community Health (TOUCH) Program is a national initiative of the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP) to encourage osteopathic medical students to engage in service throughout their community, in order to impact those outside of osteopathic medical students and professionals, for the purpose of expanding the osteopathic ideals and principles to those unaware of our professional values.

Justyne Hammond Murphy had the highest number of TOUCH hours for the Class of 2020 with 984 hours.

THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2020 SUBMITTED HOURS FOR TOUCH APPROVED EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY:

PARTICIPANTS (1-34 HOURS): Kyle Admire, Roxana Aghili, Danius Bouyi, Logen Breehl, Zachary Brooks, Ryan Card, Nicholas Collins, Emily Cox, Jared Dupree, Saher Fatima, Brian Gorman, Giles Knowles, Megan Kummerlowe, Matthew Leary, Kiefer Mespelt, Stephen Music, Michelle Orlowski, Brandon Parr, Kishen Patel, and Cooper Stone

SILVER LEVEL (35-69 HOURS): Lucas Brogden, Teea Bunker, Jared Fernandez, Alicia Greene, R. Dillon Hill, Kayleigh Jernigan, Johnathan Liljenquist, Ryan Machiele, John Manor, Melissa Marvin, Nicholas Petri, Andrew Reed, Joshua Seidel, Krisos Spyratos, Jenna Tatham, Paul Tonog, Jaxon Vallely, and David Woodfield

GOLD LEVEL (70+ HOURS): Laura Barbalato, Daniel Benson, Jarett Casale, Derek Clar, Alanna D’Amelio, Alexis Davis, Jeffrey Davis, Katya De La Torre, Jacob Erfurth, Charlotte Fawcett, Andrew Finneran, Veronica Garbar, Meleigh Groff, Eric Hexem, Esther Kim, Renaud Komandur, Nicholas Luibil, Alyssa MacKay, Zachary Mauro, Benjamin Moyer, James Muller, Joseph Murphy, Danielle Nesbit, Chinyere Nnaji, Priyanka Patel, Kailey Remien, Chaitanya Sambangi, Brian Schiffman, Heema Shah, Nina Shander, Chase Sherman, Kara Smith, Benjamin Tan, and Kathryn Wershing

PLATINUM (HIGHEST IN THE CLASS): Justyne Hammond Murphy

STUDENT ELECTED AWARD RECIPIENTS

PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD: The Preceptor of the Year Award is presented annually to an individual who consistently provides outstanding clinical instruction to CUSOM third and fourth-year students. The award recognizes a preceptor who displays a passion for teaching, a commitment to service and a dedication to the highest ethical standards. **Listed below by region

Dr. David Jaworski (Carteret); Dr. Bhaskar Chhetri (Fayetteville); Dr. Subodh Pal (Goldboro); Dr. Christopher Stewart (Harnett); Dr. Fasil Mohomed (Lumberton); Dr. Andrew Buzan (Raleigh); Dr. Abayomi Agbebi (Salisbury)

BIOMEDICAL FACULTY AWARD: Dr. Yen-Ping Kuo - Student elected CUSOM biomedical faculty member that went above and beyond their responsibilities to ensure the success of students during the first two academic years of medical school. The award recognizes a biomedical faculty member who displays a passion for teaching, a commitment to service and a dedication to the highest ethical standards.

CLINICAL FACULTY AWARD: Dr. Andrea Mann - Student elected CUSOM clinical faculty member that went above and beyond their responsibilities to ensure the success of students. The award recognizes a clinical faculty member who displays a passion for teaching, a commitment to service and a dedication to the highest ethical standards.

OUTSTANDING STAFF AWARD: Jennifer Parrish O’Dell - Student elected CUSOM staff member that went above and beyond their responsibilities to ensure the success of students. The award recognizes a CUSOM staff member who displays a commitment to service and a dedication to the highest ethical standards.

AOF/AAOA DONNA JONES MORITSUGU MEMORIAL AWARD: Ellen Machiele - The award honors the life partners of graduating osteopathic medical students who best exemplify the type of immeasurable support and personal sacrifice that is crucial to their partner’s success, leading to the betterment of their future and of society.