CUSOM News & Announcements

NEW HIRES

MATT HUFF Director of Postgraduate Affairs

KAITLIN BOWERS, DO, Vice-Chair of Emergency Medicine

PROMOTIONS

TERRI HAMRICK, PHD, Promoted to the rank of Professor

DAN MARLOWE, PHD, LMFT, Promoted to the rank of Associate Professor

JEFF KREPPS, PHD, Promoted to the rank of Associate Professor

KUDOS

THE CUSOM PEDIATRICS CLUB joined with WIC and CommWell Health to support a Baby and Toddler Donation Drive to support local families.

DR. BONNIE BRENSEKE (FACULTY) AND DUSTY BARBOUR (STAFF) were awarded the Edward L. Holder Excellence Awards 2020, presented by CUSOM Student Government Association on January 19, 2021 in recognition of rising above and beyond the call of duty in service to the CUSOM Community.

DR. DAVID TOLENTINO was interviewed by Valonda Calloway with WRAL News for an “Inside Look” on COVID-19 and Campbell University as part of the CARES Act Relief Fund.

DR. TIFFANY LOWE-PAYNE was interviewed for an “Out and About” segment on “Celebrating the Holidays Safely”.

DR. TIFFANY LOWE-PAYNE was interviewed for an “Inside Look” on COVID-19+Cold and Flu segment.

DR. ANDIE MANN was interviewed by 6AM media for article content to promote the “COVID Social Story” created this past summer by MS-II students Jack Thomas and Kayla Distin.

DR. NICHOLAS PENNINGS orchestrated the testing of 2,123 Campbell University students and employees for COVID-19 before the start of the spring semester.

BAILEY DUNN AND KEVIN CHAMBERS were selected to serve as Campbell SOM representatives to NCMS’ Student Leadership Council.

Mr. CUSOM raises over $10k for CUCCC

Five contestants from the Class of 2024 participated in the “Mr. CUSOM D.O. Rodeo”, a pageant held to raise funds for the Campbell University Community Care Clinic (CUCCC). Videos of the contestants were released during the week of February 15-19, performing their introductory dance, alternative wear, and talents. CUSOM school clubs, community, family and friends submitted their donations and a live virtual finale, hosted by Dr. David Tolentino was held via Zoom on Friday, February 19th where the winners in each category were announced and Mr. CUSOM 2021 was crowned. Over $10,000 was raised for the CUCCC, with more than 180 donors.

Congratulations to Greg Chen (best alternative wear), Michael Dmytruk (most athletic), Collin Welteroth (most talented), Dallas Kaiser (1st runner up) and Ross Marnock (Mr. CUSOM 2021).

Masters Programs News

The Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) program graduated its inaugural cohort on December 11, 2020. In addition, all students in the 2020 Primary Care Champions fellowship elected to continue into the second year of the program and will pursue the MHPE degree in 2021.

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (MSBS) second-year students participated in an evening series of short, TED-style talks. This project was part of their Capstone Project I course and they were mentored by their Capstone faculty. These talks focused on current scientific literature on various medically-relevant topics.

RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

AUDREY RESHARD, Executive Assistant to the Vice-Dean, retired on December 5, 2020. Audrey joined CUSOM in August 2015 and has served in several roles including Administrative Assistant for Biomedical Affairs and Executive Assistant to the Dean. Prior to joining CUSOM, Audrey served as a Senior Administrative Assistant and Project Coordinator for the West Chester Township in West Chester, Ohio. Audrey will be greatly missed by the Campbell Medicine community.

PUBLICATIONS

Dec. 2020 - Feb. 2021

DR. SNEZANA PETROVIC Discussed a potential new topic to the Frontiers Physiology, Epithelial Physiology Journal. The topic title will be “Translational Aspects of Acid-Base Physiology”.

DR. BRUCE NEWTON, DR. MICHELLE DEBLAQUIERE, AND DR. GODWIN DOGBEY: Submitted an abstract for the 2021 IAMSE Meeting, “The Affective and Cognitive Empathy Scores of Faculty Teaching at an Osteopathic Medical School.” By Bruce W. Newton, Michelle deBlaquiere, Marissa Krugh and Godwin Dogbey.

DR. NICHOLAS PENNINGS ET AL “Letter to the Editor regarding Lipoedema – myths and facts, Part 1 and Part 5. European Best Practice of Lipoedema – Summary of the European Lipoedema Forum consensus. Phlebologie 2020; 49: 31-49.” Phlebologie (2020).

DR. ELIZABETH GIGNAC Submitted an original research paper to WestJEM, titled, “Characterizing Social Insecurity in a Rural North Carolina Emergency Department.”

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