Com Newsletter Fall 2021

COM NEWSLETTER FALL 2021

1 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW COM DEAN...... 2 GRADUATION 2021...... 4 CAMPUS ACTIVITIES...... 5 MATCH...... 6 COM NEWS AND EVENTS ...... 5 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS...... 7 STUDENT AWARDS...... 7-8 COM STUDENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (COMSEC) UPDATES...... 8-9 ALUMNI AND TUMG...... 10 TOURO SYSTEM NEWS...... 10-12 ACCREDITATION...... 12 CAMPUS NEWS...... 13-14 MEMORIA...... 14 DEPARTMENT UPDATES...... 14-18 PUBLICATIONS...... 19-23 PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS/BLOG...... 23 ARTICLES/PRESENTATIONS...... 24-25

2 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Dear TUC Community,

It gives me great pleasure to announce Dr. Tami Hendriksz as the new Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM).

Dr. Hendriksz is herself a Touro alumnus from the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM), finishing her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles before completing medical school at Touro. She went on to complete her Pediatric internship and residency at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She returned to her alma mater to serve as a faculty member and to work with the local underserved pediatric population.

Her medical background is that of a pediatrician, but she brings a wealth of additional experience and honors to the position. Dr. Tami Hendriksz Dr. Hendriksz has worked at Touro for the last 12 years through a variety of roles, including Vice Chair of the Primary Care Department, Assistant Dean of Clinical Integration, Associate Dean of Clinical Education, and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. She is a Professor of Pediatrics and has been a 5-time recipient of the Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine Teacher of the Year Award.

Dr. Hendriksz also received national recognition as a recipient of one of the prestigious Innovation in Medical Education Awards offered by the Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators, and most recently as a Champion of Humanistic Care by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.

She served as the Editor-in-Chief of the eJournal of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians for seven years and continues to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Hendriksz has numerous publications and has been an invited as speaker at over 30 events across the nation on an array of topics related to medical education, humanism, and pediatrics.

Among her many accolades, Dr. Hendriksz has been the Medical Director of the Vallejo City Unified School Based Clinics since 2014 and continues to practice pediatrics at the Solano County Family Health Services clinic in Vallejo.

As Dean, she will serve as Chief Academic Officer of COM, which includes the growth of interprofessional educational, research, and service opportunities across the TUC colleges and the Touro College and University System (TCUS).

A beloved figure on campus, Dr. Hendriksz brings a passion for osteopathy, medical education, pediatrics, humanism in medicine and medical training, and physician and trainee wellness to the post.

On August 1, 2021 Dr. Hendriksz will take over the reins from Dr. Michael Clearfield, who recently retired after 15 years as Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Please help me in welcoming Dr. Tami Hendriksz in her new role at Touro!

Sarah M. Sweitzer, PhD Provost, CAO

3 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Drs. Weygandt GRADUATION 2021 and Lehman Congratulations to the COM and MSMHS students who celebrated their graduations this year, both held virtually on May 23, 2021 and June 2, 2021, respectively. Both ceremonies, although virtual, were well attended and heartfelt. Dr. Michael Clearfield delivered the keynote address to the DO class of 2021. Dr. Sue Hamade delivered heartfelt Drs. Zoë Lehman and Gregory Weygandt delivered an words from the inspirational speech to their COM class and (Shalaya Asal Yazdi, students about MPH, Melody Wang, and Lina Isa delivered an equally inspirational Dr. Clearfield and speech to their MSMHS class). his retirement.

Natalie Nevins, DO and Colonel in the US Army and Assistant Dean of GME, leading the military oath taken by John Paul Suastegui, DO, Asit Dave, DO, Jessica Kim, DO and Naran Lodhia, DO.

4 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER On Nov. 10, 2020 - S/D Isabella Hamilton, class of 2023 CAMPUS ACTIVITIES presented on Sigma Sigma Phi. We are happy to report that COM students returned to On Nov. 17, 2020 - S/D Heidi Molga, class of 2024 presented campus in January after quarantining for in-person about groups she has worked with, including OPSC and the Doctoring and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine labs. resolution that S/D Molga presented at the AOA House of We want to give a special thanks to Dr. Sarah Sweitzer, Dr. Tami Delegates, the Integrative Medicine club, the Wellness Working Hendriksz, Dr. Howard Feinberg, and Dr. Gail Feinberg, who Group, and starting a SOMA chapter on campus. spearheaded vaccinations for students and faculty, initiated the healthy TUC plan, and created lab pods which allowed for the On Feb. 16, 2021 - Isabella Hamilton presented on the TUC return to campus. We also want to acknowledge the flexibility of all Bioethics Bowl, hosted by the Interprofessional Bioethics Society. our students and the hard work and dedication of our faculty and staff which made this possible. Inaugural Mid-Year Welcome to Medical School Class of 2024 Celebration - Due to the Pandemic, the Class of 2024 White Coat During the past year we had several student has been postponed. Due to this delay we decided to acknowledge presentations at Town Halls: the class of 2024 with a virtual celebration on January 3, 2021. At the ceremony, the class of 2024 was brought together in a celebratory manner highlighted by presentations by S/D Samaneh Bolourchi, Class of 2023 and President of COMSEC, and class of 2024 student doctors Nneka Okonkwo and Andrew Gatto.

On Sept. 22, 2020 - S/D Sean Lim, class of 2022, presented at S/D Nneka Okonkwo, S/D Andrew Gatto a Tuesday COM Town Hall on a new electronic medical pocket Class of 2024 Class of 2024 guide, GrowNotes. The Pocket guide is catered to first through third year students and he suggests it is an aid for preparing for Step 2/Level 2 exams.

On Oct. 20, 2020 - S/D Samaneh Bolourchi class of 2023 presented on the COSGP.

On Oct. 27, 2020 - S/D Chrissa Karagiannis, class of 2024 presented on “What’s Happening? With Chrissa Karagiannis” where she shared about Narcan Training and Drug Safe Solano, the Addiction Medicine Collaborative, and the 3rd Annual Integrative Medicine Symposium, among other topics.

On Nov. 3, 2020 - S/D Clarissa Chan, class of 2023 presented on the Fall Disability Elective through the Touro chapter of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry and about the plans for a “Touro OMM for Pets” session.

5 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER MATCH DAY 2021 The residency Match for class of 2021 was highlighted by the highest ever total in California (50%), highest Primary Care percentage (64%) and above national match rates in 14/15 specialties.

This year TUC had the largest Primary Care match ever and the highest number of Emergency matches in one year.

The match had a slight bias in the favor of California with nine different disciplines represented in CA. We had the first match ever in New Hampshire this year and the COM has now matched to every state except North and South Dakota.

The Integrative Medicine Symposium took COM NEWS place on January 10, 2021.

& EVENTS We also acknowledge our students for their For the 11th consecutive year engagement in these and so many other TUCOM-CA has been ranked in activities. Even during the top 20 nationally for our graduates matching in Primary Care this time of COVID, our Residencies by US News and World Report. students have shown up and demonstrated their hard work and dedication to Diabetes – 2020, The Diabetes healthcare, to their education, and to each Update High Impact Management other and the world as an amazing force for Clinicians was held on for good. They have truly expressed who November 6, 2020. our students really are.

We are so impressed!

6 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS The COM welcomes the new OMM and PCD Predoctoral Fellows:

Jeannette Ilyev, Michelle Nguyen, Chrissa Karagiannis, Heidi Molga, PCD Predoctoral Fellow PCD Predoctoral Fellow OMM Predoctoral Fellow OMM Predoctoral Fellow

STUDENT AWARDS We are impressed by all of our TUC students. Here is a list of Two class of 2022 students, Shradha Biradar and Jessica just a few who have received awards over the last few months. Mitter Pardo, were accepted to the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of the San Francisco Bay area for their project: Teekz Yenpasook, class of 2022 has “Touro Med Teaches Sex Ed” to address the disproportionately high received the American Association rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among adolescents in of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Solano County by creating a sustainable community partnership national Student Doctor of the Year between Touro and local schools. award for 2021. AACOM Awards & Recognitions. Teekz was also selected as the 2021 COM Student Doctor of the Year. Teekz Yenpasook, 2021 National Student On June 18, 2021 Samantha Doctor of the Year Gordon and Camilo Pardo, from the class of 2022 were announced as recipients of the Pediatric Distinguished Student Award.

Shradha Biradar, Jessica Mitter Pardo, Class of 2022 Class of 2022

National American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) emerging Osteopathic Student Leader Award Recipients for 2021 are Vikesh Shrestha, class of 2023, and Jasmine Nguyen, class of 2023, who were recognized as students who demonstrate Samantha Gordon Camilo Pardo excellence, leadership and community service in family medicine and for the ACOFP. (photos next page) ➤

7 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Dr. Katherine Ku, class of 2021 received the United States Public Health Service Award for 2021 which was awarded at graduation.

Vikesh Shrestha, Jasmine Nguyen, Class of 2023 Class of 2023 Samaneh Bolourchi, class of 2023, received the American Osteopathic Foundation We are proud of the following student doctors from Sterling Welch Grant. the class of 2022 who have been inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society

Ryan Adachi Danielle Nelson Renato Alfonsi Martin, Jr. Camilo Pardo Shradha Biradar Hashir Qamar

Rachel Contopolous Areeba Qazi Michael Walls, class of 2022 Gina DeMeo Emma Schatz is the President-Elect of the Jennifer Dionisio Bhaani Singh National American Medical Ruby Gilmor Larissa Wong Student Association (AMSA) Nicholas Huerta Teekz Yenpasook Emma Miguel

COM Student Executive Council (COMSEC) Updates: Kundan Malik, class of 2024, as President of COMSEC, Some of the other projects that the COMSEC team has been successfully hosted a national osteopathic medicine week with working on are: recurring events throughout the week, as well as a diverse osteopathic panel from the OPSC. One initiative was to create • Installed curriculum committee monthly updates on school more collegiality between the other medical schools in social media to increase transparency of what occurs surrounding areas such as UCSF, Stanford, UC Davis, North State, during curriculum committee meetings; and California Health Sciences University by meeting with • Working on a leadership guide for incoming students that student leadership at each respective school and working outlines the roles and responsibilities of leadership positions; together to plan virtual events to host throughout the year. • Working with Touro clinical faculty and Basic Sciences professors to tackle the marginalized community health Providing medical students in Northern California with shared initiatives; services and resources will ultimately improve the next generation of physicians and promote teamwork and collaboration between • Partnership with Jaanuu scrubs to get discounted scrubs medical students. Fostering engagement between medical for our student body; students and future colleagues from different institutions by • COSGP meetings to get and share ideas on how to working together as DOs and MDs will hopefully help to eliminate enhance our student body’s engagement in school wide the stigma attached to the DO profession as well. initiatives; ➤

8 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER • Summer TA program has been started, arrangements for summer positions were made; • Successful implementation of phone calls to accepted applicants to congratulate them on their acceptance to Touro; • One-on-one mock interviews for master’s students; • Touro Admissions Instagram account to feature one student or faculty each week; • New Touro Website; • TUCOM Class of 2025 Facebook; COMSEC has started Affirmation cards • Currently planning a SF and LA meet-up for matriculating first year medical students to provide incoming medical These affirmation cards are posted weekly on the Bolus and students with a sense of community and belonging, can be accessed via the website below as well. especially during the pandemic; • Collaboration with WARM to host multiple events Please help continue to spread joy and positivity! happening during warm sessions; Affirmation cards link on the campus groups website: • Initiated COM Affirmation cards to create a positive environment in the Touro community; and If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to • Organizing and hosting several events including Regina Woo VP of Student affairs at Traditional and Modern Fashion Show, where students [email protected]. presented their heritage and/or modern attire; Cross-Cultural Relationships, where student panelists shared their experiences and how they communicate in this modern connected world;

The COMSEC also created a Student Health Advisory Committee.

9 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Medicine. His research has ALUMNI AND TUMG focused on preventative heart Several COM alumni recently were published in the JAOA: Mind- disease, cholesterol, metab- fulness-Based Stress Reduction in the Management of Chronic olism, and the management Pain and Its Comorbid Depression. Cynthia Marske, DO; Sa- of obesity related issues and mantha Shah, MD; Aaron Chavira, DO; Caleb Hedberg, DO, MPH; his interest in environmental Raelin Fullmer, DO; Christopher James Clark, OMS IV; Olivia Pipi- exposures and toxins and their tone, MPH; Paulina Kaiser, DPH. In this pre-post study conducted role in the development of the at a community-based teaching hospital in Oregon, the research metabolic syndrome, cardiovas- group evaluated the clinical effectiveness of an 8-week mindful- cular disease and inflammation. ness-based stress reduction course for patients with chronic pain. His published observations associate the disparity of If you would like to share a presentation about your life after Touro healthcare outcomes and or offer something inspirational to current COM students, contact greater incidence of chronic Picture for the new Dean Michael B. Ms. Vale at [email protected]. disease in under-represented, Clearfield Conference Room. impoverished communities.

Dr. Clearfield has served Touro University California College of TOURO SYSTEM NEWS Osteopathic Medicine in more ways than can be enumerated, including but not limited to serving on the Commission on OTHER COM NEWS Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). He is a Past Dr. Clearfield, who has served as Dean since 2006, will be President of the American College of Osteopathic Internists retiring in July of this year. Dr. Clearfield may be the longest (ACOI), a Past Chair of the AACOM Board of Deans, served on the serving dean in the profession. Dr. Clearfield came to TUC after National Board of Medical Examiners and was a Past Chair of the a distinguished career at the Texas College of Osteopathic AOA Bureau/Council of Research. He is also dedicated to Medicine/University of North Texas where he served in several promoting research at TUC and in Osteopathic Medicine in roles from Chair of the Dept. of Internal Medicine to Program general. He initiated the GROUPIE Initiative with seven distinct Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. and measurable outcomes that helped define the unique and distinctive skills of the TUC graduates. Dr. Clearfield was the co-primary investigator for the Air Force/ Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention study which was the He has received many past awards, including the Lifetime first large-scale randomized statin primary prevention trial in the Achievement Award from the Osteopathic Physicians and United States and is still the largest clinical trial ever conducted at Surgeons of California (OPSC), the 2018 AOA Distinguished a College of Osteopathic Service Certificate, and Internist of the Year from the American College of Osteopathic Medicine.

In addtion to authoring more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters, Dr. Clearfield has written a mystery novel, and is father, grandfather, artist, researcher, and will always be appreciated as a compassionate colleague, mentor and leader. He has worked tirelessly and selflessly to improve the institution and the lives of every student, staff person, and faculty member. He has breathed air into Touro which moved from a school that was floundering to a successful institution. Dr. Clearfield leaves an indelible epigenetic legacy which is now written into the DNA of not just TUCOM, TUC, and the Touro system but the Osteopathic profession and the hearts and minds of all who have interacted with Dr. Clearfield. ➤

10 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER We do not have adequate words to express our thoughts and feelings, but wish Dr. Clearfield health, happiness, and every joy for the next leg of his personal journey.

Dr. Sarah Sweitzer and Dr. Clearfield

Dr. Alan Kadish, President of the TCUS and Dr. Clearfield

S/D Samaneh Bolourchi and Dr. Clearfield

11 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER CONGRATS TO THE TEACHERS The following COM faculty completed the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) course through the OF THE YEAR! Center for Innovative Learning and Teaching (CILT): Dr. Tami Hendriksz, Dr. Grace Marie Jones, Dr. Sean Moloney, Dr. Bronwyn Sing, Dr. Theodore Smith, Dr. Traci Stevenson, Dr. Mark Teaford, and Dr. Kimberly Wolf.

ACCREDITATION: On June 8, 2021, TUC and TUN held a joint zoom Town Hall Dr. Pai also received the first TUC Outstanding Teaching Award to kick off the preparations for the Accreditation report and from the Office of the Provost and the Center for Innovative site visits to occur in the spring of 2022. Learning and Teaching (CILT).

We also want to give a special thanks to our Course Coordinators who created multiple contingencies to continue education in a year that has been full of the unexpected challenges never faced. Despite this, however, they were able to create an educational experience comparable to what would have been delivered pre-pandemic.

We want to acknowledge all of our dedicated faculty and staff who have worked countless hours to provide the best education possible under these circumstances to our students.

The Primary Care Department and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine faculty and most of the Basic Sciences department have completed NBOME item writing training. SHARED MISSION The NBOME recognized the contributions of the following TUCOM Faculty for content development for the COMLEX-USA, The Mission Of Touro University Osteopathic COMAT, COMVEX, and other NBOME assessments and Medicine Program! Touro University Nevada leadership positions: GRADUATE SCHOOLOsteopathic OF EDUCATION Medicine is to prepare students to become outstanding osteopathic physicians who uphold the values, philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine and who are commited to primary care and the holistic approach to the patient. The program advances the profession and serves its students and society through innovative pre-doctoral and post-doctoral education, research, community service, and multidisciplinary and osteopathic clinical services.

We look forward to TUC and TUN continuing to grow and thrive together.

12 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER CAMPUS NEWS The campus is renovating several buildings to allow student services to move from 690 Walnut back to campus and to allow for more study spaces for students. We are very excited by this buildout.

The DREAM team has trained over 27 Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) cohorts, which equates to more than 450 coaches and 10 master trainers. This provides training for the Diabetes Education and Empowerment Program (DEEP), where they have trained over 300 trainees and 12 coaches. Due to COVID, The DREAM team moved to virtual training with YouTube videos On April 21, 2021, the campus celebrated the 21st Annual available at: tu.edu/MOBEC. They have also created the Solano TUC Research Day. There were many Mass Vax volunteer County Diabetes Advisory Forum for a group of Solano County opportunities where administration, students, faculty and residents to reflect on their activities. staff provided vaccines. Thank you all for your service and dedication to helping to bring health to our community. The Dream team has created a new Diabetology Internship scheduled to begin in the fall of 2021.

Dr. Hartwig announced that courtesy of Dr. Katherine Ku, Class of 2021, our first Fulbright scholar, TUC made the Fullbright Foundation list of top producing institutions for 2020-2021. Medical schools are categorized as focused four-year institutions and among those, there were 10 awarded in 2020-2021.

The campus is in the process of transitioning to 0365 which will be a campus game-changer. All faculty/staff e-mails will be changing. While you can still write to the old e-mail address, be advised returns will be from new e-mail addresses and there may be a few bumps as we get up to speed.

We want to thank student services and most especially Ms. Paisley Rosengren for supporting out students, faculty, and staff with the Drive-thru food give-away events she organized and ran together with Student Services throughout the past year.

13 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER IN MEMORIA DEPARTMENT UPDATES We are saddened by the the losses within our Touro Community, and we would like to take a moment to remember ACADEMIC AFFAIRS the students, faculty, and staff who have died this year. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Glen Davis, MS’s project SCOR – An Innovative Osteopathic Core Competency Our beloved students, friends, classmates, colleagues, Assessment System has been selected as a Society of and community family: Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME) Innovation Award winner for the Development of Enduring Educational Materials in Osteopathic Medical Education. Junsung Im, Second Year Student College of

Osteopathic Medicine Judith Corte, C-FnP and Director of the Student Health Center Robert Mullins, from the Facilities Department G. Leela Raja, from the Admissions Department Aisha Shakeel, Third year Student in the College of Pharmacy Jermel Teal, from the Facilities Department

In April 2021, Dr. Tami Hendriksz May your memories be for a blessing and may they always be received the Champion of Humanistic remembered for the good! Care award from The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The “Grok” Virtual 5K Memorial Run/Walk/Roll/Hike was held between Saturday April 3, 2021 and Monday May 3, 2021. In May 2021, Dr. Tami Hendriksz received the Student Organization The Grok encouraged our campus community to get outside and Advisor of the Year award – Touro participate in a 5K run, walk, roll, or hike to honor those that we University California. have lost.

The theme of this event was “Grok” a word which comes from BASIC SCIENCES the book “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert Heinlein and We acknowledge Dr. David Eliot means to "“to understand so thoroughly that the observer who provided invaluable support of the Integrated System courses in addition to his becomes part of the observed -- to merge, to blend, to lose responsibilities as Anatomy Course Coordinator for two programs. identity in an experience.” Dictionary.com defines "Grok" as to “understand (something) intuitively or by empathy”. Dr. Gochin participated in 4 NIH scientific review panels, two exclusively for COVID related grants, one for HIV related and It not only served as a testament to those TUC community one small business review panel, in large part for COVID-related members we have lost but encouraged the campus to continue research and development. to understand and empathize with those that we serve. Participants were also asked to merge with their surroundings Dr. Gochin published a paper in a high impact journal to reflect, remember, grieve, and heal. “Chemical Communications”, listed as the "Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal for urgent communications of outstanding Thank you Dr. Hendriksz for putting this together in significance from across the chemical sciences", made possible their memory. in part by the sabbatical taken from Lawrence Berkeley. ➤

14 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Dr. Grace Jones is an award India, for summer internships and research in Global Health recipient of the Touro System Education. Bridge and Seed Grant Funding Program for 2020-2021 for “Dietary Dr. Theo Smith developed online anatomy curriculum. The Fructose: Intestinal DNL and anatomy lab events for the F2020 - FOM course were held as Postprandial Lippoproteins.” zoom sessions. Students worked in TBL groups with two Dr. Grace Jones instructors rotating among eight TBL groups. In each session the We acknowledge Dr. Gloria Klapstein’s “Medal of Valor” from student worked on a series of short exercises that were presented the Basic Sciences Department for working above and beyond to them in PowerPoint slideshows. Dr. Smith was the principal the call of duty to provide solutions for all aspects of online designer of those slideshows for approximately 37 sessions. curriculum delivery and oversight that was utilized by the Dr. Andrea Taylor entire COM. Dr. Gloria Klapstein Dr. Andrea Taylor served on a National Science Foundation Career Dr. Klapstein was awarded a $500 panel in Sept. 2020. Innovative Teaching Award for her work at the course/curriculum level Dr. Taylor was awarded an NSF Grant from the Center for Innovative in December 2020 in collaboration Learning and Teaching (CILT) in the with Duke University (Award number first TUC Innovation in Teaching 1944915): Collaborative Research: Awards. Feeding ontogeny at the interface of behavior and morphology. Dr. Chitra Pai received grants for two innovative projects from the TUC CILT for: Dr. Taylor published three peer-reviewed papers: – Principal investigator of an educational project on – 2021 Taylor AB, Holmes MA. Fiber-type phenotype of the curriculum design and delivery: ‘Flipped e-classrooms to jaw-closing muscles in Gorilla, Pan troglodytes and Pan S.P.I.C.E up the learning of Microbiology and Infectious paniscus: a test of the Frequent Recruitment Diseases’ using Case Based Learning and Team Based Hypothesis. Journal of Human Evolution, 151, 102938. Learning. This project has been accepted for https://doi.org/10.1016/jhevol.2020.102938 presentation at the International Association of – 2020 Humphries LS, Reid RR, Ross CF, Taylor AB, Freire Medical Sciences Educators. AR, Rossi AC, Prado FB. Biomechanical and Morphological – Co-investigator along with Dr. Mahmoud for an innovative Analysis of the Pierre Robin Sequence Mandible: Finite Global Health Project, ‘Bed-side to Community’. The Element and Morphometric Study. The Anatomical Record, project brings global health education to a virtual plat- DOI: 10.1002/ar.24543 form and is being offered as a Global Health Elective for – 2020 Panagiotopuolou O, Iriarte-Diaz J, Taylor AB, Dechow COM students. It involves collaboration with international PB - Biomechanics of the mandible of Macaca mulatta faculty including clinicians and public health experts from during the power stroke of mastication: loading the Cochrane Public Health Review Group, the Oxford deformation and strain regimes, and the impact of food Policy Management and the British Medical Journal type. Journal of Human Evolution, doi: Global Health Elective in India for clinical case reports 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102865 and lectures. This project was featured at a conference in June and will appear in a future publication of "Medical Dr. Mark Teaford delivered a 3-part Science Educator." series of talks on primates through the Dr. Chitra Pai Napa County Library. Dr. Pai facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding between Touro Dr. Mark Teaford published a photo University California and the Haiku collection “Staring at the Manipal Academy of Higher Midnight Sky.” Education and Manipal group of Medical Schools and Hospitals, Click here to purchase your copy.

15 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER CLINICAL EDUCATION Dr. Whitlow was appointed as an oral board examiner for the DEPARTMENT (CED) American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). Dr. David Atkin, one of our longest running preceptors, was The CED recently started using eSpatial which helps them track elected for the 2020 Humanitarian Award by the American Preceptors, alumni, rotations, and other data. Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He is a great role model and The CED is in the process of implementing Ticketing software educator and we are so fortunate to have him as part to help streamline processes in the department and recently of our community. updated the CED rotation manual. The CED is happy to announce two new employees. The CED would like to acknowledge their whole team for all Angela Malala is the new CED Site they do year after year for the clinical students and want to Liaison Coordinator. include a very special thanks to their Administrative Director, Ms. Irina Jones, her tireless efforts, knowledge, kindness, Angela Malala recently earned an MPA professionalism, and determination to keep the CED moving at SF state and is passionate about forward for 17 years. workplace equity and currently serves as vice chair for the Contra Costa County Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Council and is the proud caretaker of a 77-year-old Angela Malala desert tortoise.

Luciano Garza is the new Institutional Affiliations and Credentialing Coordinator. Luciano Garza joins TUCOM with over 10 years of administrative/ managerial experience in the medical field with plans to put it all to use after entering the academic side of the field. Luciano Garza is a California native who loves the outdoors, family, and all things design and is excited to Luciano Garza be part of the COM.

In the past year, the CED successfully held their first ever digital callbacks and OSCE’s.

Dr. K. Scott Whitlow led training in National Disaster Life Support (NDLSF) and Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) and we are pleased to share that all of our students entering rotations have received certification which we know will help keep our

Dr. K. Scott Whitlow students safer on rotations.

16 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Dr. Wolf OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE Dr. Peña collaborated with MSMHS to MEDICINE DEPARTMENT bring OMM into the MSMHS curriculum. Dr. Peña started preclinical FMM groups The OMM department wants to acknowledge Ms. Sara and led an AACOM presentation. Deshaies for coming back to help them during this past year and Emeritus Professor John Glover, DO temporarily returned from Dr. Wolf and Dr. Moloney received a grant retirement to support the OMM department. to create an OMM Video Technique library.

The OMM Department welcomes Ms. Jennifer Redmond who started PRE-CLINICAL EDUCATION at Touro on June 14, 2021. Jennifer DEPARTMENT Redman lives in Vacaville with her The Pre-Clinical Education Department hosted viewing the three children and her granddaughter. documentary “Black Men for White Coats,” which was held She is joining the OMM department over a three-day span from Feb. 15-17, 2021 with the last day having from TUC’s Drug Safe Solano and is a post viewing discussion panel with over 100 registered individuals. excited to stay within the TUC family. She is eager to learn her position and Dr. Velasco and the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Advancement to work with everyone. (IDEA) Committee have been working on an IDEA scorecard. We are sorry to share that Jordan Keys, DO left TUC to return to New York on May 31, 2021. We are happy to share that Dr. Nicole Pena has agreed to act as interim chair Nicole Peña, DO, as of June 1, 2021 Chair OMM Department

Jordan Keys, DO

Dr. Vanessa Newman completed her first-year teaching at Touro in the OMM department.

Dr. Vanessa Newman

Dr. Victor Nuño stepped in to course coordinate OPP4 while Dr. Kimberly Wolf was on maternity leave and has continued to run the ONMM rotations virtually, despite the pandemic.

Dr. Melissa Pearce has been working to integrate the curriculum with OPP/OD We want to thank all of our faculty who met with their and has been involved in AACOM WARM mentees and want to remind all of our students presentations. that their Mentors are here and available to assist them.

We are happy to announce that Dr. Nicole Peña and Dr. Melissa Pearce will be promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1. Dr. Melissa Pearce

17 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Gail Feinberg, DO PRIMARY CARE DEPARTMENT Gail Feinberg, DO represented the ACOFP at the Association of Departments The Primary Care department was selected as one of the 10 of Family Medicine national conference. Medical schools in the country to pilot a Telemedicine Curriculum Project with the Society of Teachers of Tina Mason, Family Medicine. MD – is preparing an OSTEOPATHIC video on Dr. Garima Gupta joined the Primary erythema friction rub of different skin Care Department in January of this year. types/colors - work with students in this regard will be submitted to JAOA Dr. Garima Gupta grew up in Fremont and she will apply for presentation at and is a Bay area native. She did her AACOM next year. undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley Tina Mason, MD and her Master’s in Public Health at the Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, FAAP was named the Top University of Southern California. She is performing provider for 2020 – Patient Experience by NorthBay one of our alumnae and graduated from Healthcare. TUCOM in 2013. She completed her Dr. Garima Gupta residency in Internal Medicine at the White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles and her fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. In addition to her clinical work she has interests in quality improvement, systems based practices, and implementation of high value care in the management of critically ill patients. In January Dr. Alesia Wagner was The Primary Care department welcomes selected as the NBOME – 2020 Case Jaedra Villatoro as the new Writer of the Year, COMLEX-USA Administrative Coordinator for the Clinical Decision-Making (CDM) for department. Jaedra Villatoro joins TUC her leadership skills, commitment to from the Vallejo City Unified School hard work and unwavering support District where she worked for four years of the NBOME mission of protecting

before joining Touro. Outside of work she the public. Alesia Wagner, DO enjoys hanging out with family and traveling to new places. The PCD also wishes to acknowledge Drs. Erdberg and Young Jaedra Villatoro who are retiring as adjuncts after years of lecturing with We are sad to report that Dr. Zwerin in the PCD behavioral health units. Dr. Georgia Allen is retiring on July 16, 2021 and that Dr. Catherine West will be retiring in September. Thank you for your many years of service, you will be missed! SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Dr. Georgia Allen DEAN’S OFFICE The Senior Associate Dean’s office welcomes Natalie A. Nevins, DO, MSHPE, COL USAR as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Program Development. Dr. Natalie Nevins is a Colonel in the United States Army. She has served as a residency program director and is board Natalie A. Nevins, DO Dr. Catherine West certified in Family Medicine and ➤

18 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. For six years before joining TUC, RESEARCH she served as an Assistant Dean for Dr. Gugliucci’s Master and PhD students from Mexico had Clinical Education at Western two abstracts published in the American Heart Journal: University.

Dr. Nevins has served as the Command Flight Surgeon for the Army Reserve Aviation Command, and currently as the commander for Natalie A. Nevins, DO the 328th field hospital and has been in the military for over 19 years. She has been deployed to the Middle East three times, twice to Afghanistan and recently to Iraq in 2019 as the command flight surgeon. Before her career in the army, she also served active duty in the United States Air Force. The weekend of November 13 and 14 Dr. Nevins was also recently appointed for a 6-year term to the Dr. Gugliucci and OMS V, PCD Fellow ACGME Board of Appeals for ONMM. Yasmin Bains and the research group presented data generated in Dr. Gugliucci’s lab on “postprandial lipids after fructose restriction” which had a follow-up question MSMHS and answer session. The MSMHS department welcomed Dr. Gugliucci On November 18, 2020 Dr. Gugliucci Christina (Christie) Hand as the new delivered the Keynote address at an MSMHS Student Success International Food Science meeting. Coordinator. She is currently working on her dissertation for a PhD in Higher Education from West Christina Hand Virginia University and comes with PUBLICATIONS many years of higher education teaching and administration. Bach M, Shenoi S, Winger K, Hendriksz T. Healthier together: a pilot study on the implementation of a novel family We would also like to acknowledge Dr. Ted Wong and Dr. Alan centered pediatric obesity prevention program. Miller for their outstanding leadership of the MSMHS program J Osteopath Med. 2021;121(5):513-520. Published 2021 Mar 23. during COVID. doi:10.1515/jom-2020-0143.

The MSMHS program held their Poster Day on June 1, 2021 and had their graduation on June 2, 2021. Bains R, Gill A, Singh J, Antos A, Lim S, Molga H, Malik A, St. Pierre S, Davis G, Warner M. Training osteopathic medical Congratulations students for drastic 2021 health record documentation policy MSMHS class of changes. JAOA, 2020 December. 2021. Bains Yasmin, Erkin-Cakmak Ayca, Caccavello Russell, Mulligan Kathleen, Noworolski Susan, Schwarz Jean-Marc, Lustig Robert, Gugliucci Alejandro. "Isocaloric fructose restriction improves postprandial chylomicron and VLDL excursions in adolescents with obesity by reducing angiopoietin-like protein 3 and apolipoprotein CIII." Circulation 142, Suppl 3 2020: A16511-A16511.

19 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Deardorff J, Reeves JW, Hyland C, et al. Childhood Overweight and González AP, Flores-Ramírez A, Gutiérrez-Castro KP, Obesity and Pubertal Onset Among Mexican American Boys and Caccavello, R, Gugliucci, A et al. Reduction of small dense LDL Girls in the CHAMACOS Longitudinal Study and Il-6 after intervention with Plantago psyllium in adolescents [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 8]. Am with obesity: a parallel, double blind, randomized clinical J Epidemiol. 2021;kwab100. doi:10.1093/aje/kwab100. trial [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 16]. Eur J Pediatr. 2021;10.1007/s00431-021-04064-5. doi:10.1007/s00431-021-04064-5. Derricks V, Mosher J, Earl A, Jayaratne TE, Shubrook JH. Real and Perceived Discordance in Physicians and U.S. Adults' Beliefs Gupta N, Lustig RH, Andrews H, et al. Clinical Variables Regarding the Causes and Controllability of Type 2 Diabetes Associated With Statural Growth in Pediatric Crohn's Disease [published online ahead of print, 2021 Feb 23]. Health Commun. Differ by Sex (The Growth Study). Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021;1-12. doi:10.1080/10410236.2021.1885775. 2021;27(6):751-759. doi:10.1093/ibd/izaa220.

Doyle-Delgado K, Chamberlain JJ, Shubrook JH, Skolnik N, Trujil- Lustig RH, lo J. Pharmacologic Approaches to Glycemic Treatment of Type 2 Gupta N, Andrews H, et al. Introduction to and Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2020 American Diabetes Association's Screening Visit Results of the Multicenter Pediatric Crohn's Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes Clinical Guideline. Ann Disease Growth Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020;26(12): Intern Med. 2020;173(10):813-821. doi:10.7326/M20-2470. 1945-1950. doi:10.1093/ibd/izaa023.

Dragomanovich HM, Shubrook JH. Improving Cultural Humility Gugliucci A, Rodríguez-Mortera R. "Fructosa, un factor clave and Competency in Diabetes Care for Primary Care Providers. modificable en la patogenia del síndrome metabólico, la Clinical Diabetes Published online 2021:cd200053. esteatosis hepática y la obesidad." Revista Médica del Uruguay 36, https://doi.org/10.2337/cd20-0063. no. 4 (2020): 204-233.

Draznin B, Sadhu A, Schutta M, Shubrook, JH et al. The Gutierrez K, Caccavello R, Garay-Sevilla E, Gugliucci A. Lean Diabetes Epidemic and Diabetes Fellowships for Primary Care adolescents with insulin resistance display higher angiopoietin- Physicians [published online ahead of print, 2021 Mar 20]. Endocr like protein 3, apoC-III and triglyceride rich lipoprotein Pract. 2021;S1530-891X(21)00102-6. dyslipidemia. American Heart Journal 229 (2020): 167-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2021.03.007.

Hart BN, Shubrook JH, Mason T. Pregestational diabetes and Elul T, Jones K, Settle A, Dao S. Cannabinoid receptor 1 family planning. Clin Diabetes. Published online 2021:cd200062. regulates growth cone filopodia and optic axonal projections in the optic tract of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Molecular Biology of the Cell. Abstract 31, P522. Healy, A, Shubrook, J, Feinberg, H, and Ahmed, S. The necessary evolution of diabetes fellowships in the United States. Postgraduate Epel ES, Hartman A, Jacobs LM, Lustig RH, et al. Association Medicine. 2021; 4(385-397). DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2021.1894055. of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Employee Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Heiles K, Sheridan V, Hendriksz T, Giusti R, Cymet TC. When the Health. JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(1):9-16. doi:10.1001/jamaint- Clinical Environment Is Closed to Students: The Harsh Reality of ernmed.2019.4434. COVID-19 and Implications for Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. Cureus. 2020;12(12):e12044. Published 2020 Dec 12. Ezin M, Noravian C, Mahomed A, Lyle A, Gill A, Elul T: Visual doi:10.7759/cureus.12044. arts enhance instruction in observation and quantitative analysis of microscopic forms in cell and developmental biology. STEAM Hendriksz T, Peña N, Anderson Z, Pierce-Talsma, S. Osteopathic Journal. 2020. clinical integration: bringing osteopathic principles and practices

20 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER to the clinical years. Educating Leaders 2019: Abstracts from the AACOM’s Annual Conference. Journal of the American Osteopathic Le D, Crouch N, Villanueva A, Ta P, Dmitriyev R, Tunzi M, Association. 2020 Mar; 120(3):e7-e61. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2020.035. Murakami S. Evidence-based genetics and identification of key human alzheimer’s disease alleles with co-morbidities, Journal of Neurology and Experimental Neuroscience, 2020 6 (1), 20. Holmes MA, Taylor AB. Fiber phenotype of the temporalis muscle in Papio anubis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S70:127. Lingvay I, Kirk AR, Lophaven S, Wolden ML, Shubrook JH. Outcomes in GLP-1 RA-Experienced Patients Switching to Humphries LS, Reid RR, Ross CF, Taylor AB et al. Biomechanical Once-Weekly Semaglutide in a Real-World Setting: The and morphological analysis of Pierre Robin sequence mandible: Retrospective, Observational EXPERT Study. Diabetes Ther. Finite element and morphometric study [published online ahead 2021;12(3):879-896. doi:10.1007/s13300-021-01010-4. of print, 2020 Oct 25]. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2020;10.1002/ar.24543. doi:10.1002/ar.24543. Lustig E, Shubrook JH, Pfotenhauer KM. Time-Restricted Feeding and Potential for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 7]. J Am Irvine E, Cheng D, Xiao D. Atypical presentation of anti-N- Osteopath Assoc. 2020;10.7556/jaoa.2020.101. methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis in a 61-year-old doi:10.7556/jaoa.2020.101. Hispanic man. BMJ Case Reports. 2020; 13(12). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238347. Lustig RH. Ultraprocessed Food: Addictive, Toxic, and Ready for Regulation. Nutrients. 2020;12(11):3401. Published 2020 Nov 5. Kalkarni K, Schow M, Shubrook JH. Clinical Recommendations doi:10.3390/nu12113401. for shift workers at risk for the development of metabolic syndrome. JAOA, February 2020, Vol. 120, 107-117. doi:https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.020. Mallouh E, Neyrink M, Elul T, Silver M et al. Exploring connections between cosmos and mind through six interactive art installations: as above as below. SciArt Magazine. 2020. Kotani K, Watanabe J, Miura K, Gugliucci A. Paraoxonase 1 and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis. Molecules. Mason AE, Schmidt L, Ishkanian L, Lustig, RH, et al. A Brief 2021;26(8):2323. Published 2021 Apr 16. Motivational Intervention Differentially Reduces Sugar-sweetened https://doi:10.3390/molecules26082323. Beverage (SSB) Consumption [published online ahead of print, 2021 Mar 29]. Ann Behav Med. 2021;kaaa123. Kuo S, Ye W, de Groot M, Shubrook, JH et al. Cost-effectiveness doi:10.1093/abm/kaaa123. of Community-Based Depression Interventions for Rural and Urban Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: Projections From Program Mokler DJ, Konrad SC, Hall K, St. Pierre S. et al. Learning Togeth- ACTIVE (Adults Coming Together to Increase Vital Exercise) II. er: Interprofessional Education at the University of New England. J Diabetes Care. 2021;44(4):874-882. Am Osteopath Assoc. 2020;120(8):509-515. https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/44/4/874 https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.084.

Laird MF, Granatosky MC, Taylor AB, Ross CF. Gape drives Molinari AM, Shubrook JH. Treatment options and current temporalis muscle architecture dynamics in the tufted capuchin guidelines of care for pediatric type 2 diabetes patients: a feeding system. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S70:158. narrative review. J Osteopath Med. 2021;121(4):431-440. Published 2021 Feb 19. doi:10.1515/jom-2020-0172.

Lassiter N, Yang N, Tiyyagura L, Whitlow KS. A Case Report Highlighting That Silica Gel Products Are Not Always Benign. Morales J, Shubrook JH, Skolnik N. Practical guidance for use of Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2020;4(4):576-579. oral semaglutide in primary care: a narrative review. Postgrad Med. doi:10.5811/cpcem.2020.7.47673. 2020;132(8):687-696. doi:10.1080/00325481.2020.1788340.

21 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Moussa M, Shubrook JH, Young CF. Diabetic gastroparesis: Taylor AB, Holmes MA. Fiber-type phenotype of the jaw- A clinical review. Diabetes Spectrum 2020 Jun; ds190062. closing muscles in Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Pan paniscus: https://doi.org/10.2337/ds19-0062. A test of the Frequent Recruitment Hypothesis. J Hum Evol. 2021;151:102938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102938.

Panagiotopoulou O, Iriarte-Diaz J, Mehari Abraha H, Taylor, AB, et al. Biomechanics of the mandible of Macaca mulatta during Taylor AB, Terhune CE, Teaford MF, Ross CF, Vinyard CJ. Putting the power stroke of mastication: Loading, deformation, and strain it on display: the musculoskeletal consequences of large gapes in regimes and the impact of food type. J Hum Evol. 2020;147:102865. male Old World monkeys. 2020 Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 171, Issue https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102865. S69: 279-280.

Prieto H, Peña N, Shubrook J, Talsma J. Hypertension: an Taylor AB, Vinyard CJ. In situ fiber length estimates from sec- osteopathic perspective. American Academy of Osteopathy Journal. tioned muscle bellies are not systematically shorter compared 2020 Jun; 30(2), 27-35. with fiber length estimates obtained using chemical digestion. FASEB J 34, S1.

Rodríguez-Mortera R, Caccavello R, Garay-Sevilla ME, Teaford MF. Gugliucci A. Higher ANGPTL3, apoC-III, and apoB48 2020. Staring at the Midnight Sky. Winchester, Virginia: Red Moon Press. dyslipidemia, and lower lipoprotein lipase concentrations are associated with dysfunctional visceral fat in adolescents with obesity. Clin Chim Acta. 2020;508:61-68. Thompson CL, Williams SH, Glander KE, Teaford MF, Vinyard CJ. doi:10.1016/j.cca.2020.05.014. Getting Humans Off Monkeys' Backs: Using Primate Acclimation as a Guide for Habitat Management Efforts. Integr Comp Biol. 2020;60(2):413-424. doi:10.1093/icb/icaa048. Rodríguez-Mortera R, Caccavello R, Hermo R, Garay-Sevilla ME, Gugliucci A. Higher Hepcidin Levels in Adolescents with Obesity Are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Dyslipidemia and Thompson, CL, Williams, SH, Glander, KE, Teaford, MF, Vinyard, Visceral Fat. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 May 9;10(5):751. C.J. (2020). Getting humans off monkeys’ backs: Can doi: 10.3390/antiox10050751. PMID: 34065056; PMCID: ecophysiological research inform primate conservation and PMC8150400. habitat management efforts? SICB Symposium.

Shubrook JH. Recognition and Management of Hypoglycemia. Young CF, Lee A, Dugan J. What We Know and Don’t About J Fam Pract. 2020;69(7 Suppl):S45-S50. High-Intensity Sweeteners, Chapter 38. Faintuch J and Faintuch S (eds.), Obesity and Diabetes, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53370-0_38, Shubrook JH et Pfotenhauer K. Evolution of type 2 diabetes Spring Nature Switzerland AG 2020. treatment. Journal of Family Practice 2020. Supplement; 69:10:S1-S8.

Young CF, Shubrook JH, Valencerina E, Wong S, Henry Lo SN, Shubrook JH, Ramirez BF, Healy AM, et al. Primary Care Diabetes Dugan JA. Associations Between Social Support and Diabetes- Fellowship Programs: Developing National Standards. Clin Related Distress in People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. J Am Diabetes. 2021;39(1):88-96. https://doi.org/10.2337/cd20-0055 Osteopath Assoc. 2020;120(11):721-731. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2020.145.

Smith AL, Robinson C, Taylor AB, Ward CV, Kimbel WH, Young CF, Moussa M, Shubrook JH. Diabetic Alemseged Z, Ross CF. Interspecific variation in hominid Gastroparesis: A Review [published correction appears in mandibular biomechanics. American Journal of Physical Diabetes Spectr. 2020 Nov;33(4):358]. Diabetes Spectr. Anthropology S70:269. 2020;33(3):290-297. doi:10.2337/ds19-0062.

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Young CF, Velasco HE. Exploring the relationships between Alejandro Gugliucci, MD, PhD gave the following HbA1c levels and diabetes care through NHANES data, presentations: 2007–2016. Diabetes 2020 Jun; 69 (Supplementa1). • Adiponectin paradox in lean versus obese adolescents: highest serum levels are found in lean adolescents with insulin resistance. Zhou G, He L, Li KH, Pedroso CCS, Gochin M. A targeted 1 1 2 covalent small molecule inhibitor of HIV-1 fusion. Chem Commun • Alejandro Gugliucci , Karla Paola Gutierrez , , Russell (Camb). 2021;57(37):4528-4531. doi:10.1039/d1cc01013a. Caccavello1 and Ma. Eugenia Garay-Sevilla2 . • 1Glycation, Oxidation and Disease Laboratory, Dept. of Zhou G, Chu S, Gochin M. Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro Kohli A, Szoka FC, Biophysical studies 2 of HIV-1 glycoprotein-41 interactions with peptides and small University California Department of Medical Science, molecules - Effect of lipids and detergents. Biochim Biophys Acta University of Guanajuato. Gen Subj. 2020;1864(12):129724. doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129724. Presented at the 89th European Atherosclerosis Annual Conference, May 30-June 2, 2021. • Serum fatty acid-binding protein 4 levels are higher in lean adolescents with insulin resistance. • Karla Paola Gutierrez1,2, Russell Caccavello2, Ma. Eugenia Garay-Sevilla1 and Alejandro Gugliucci2. • 1Department of Medical Science, University of Guanajuato, 2Glycation, Oxidation and Disease Laboratory, Dept. of Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California.

Presented at the 89th European Atherosclerosis Annual Conference, May 30-June 2, 2021.

• ANGPTL 3, 4, 8 and CIII on lean vs obese kids as well as on intervention:role of insulin resistance. • Glycation, Oxidation and Disease Laboratory, Dept. of Research, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California Guest speaker: 25th Israeli Atherosclerosis Society Meeting, June 23-25th 2021

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS, BLOG Tami Hendriksz, DO, presented on K-12 Education and the ARTICLES, PRESENTATIONS COVID-19 Pandemic, New York Medical College National COVID-19 Webinar, Virtual Presentation. 4/2021 Howard Feinberg, DO presented at the ACOI Board review course and taught half of the Rheumatology section on May 12, 2021. https://www.acoi.org/education/continuing-medical- Tami Hendriksz, DO, presented on The Mental Health Impact education/acoi-internal-medicine-board-review-course. of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children, 2021 Conference on Mental Health in Primary Care. 6/2021

23 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Tina Mason, MD, held a candid conversation about “Women’s best health, achievability #lifestylechanges to reach your health goals, and the role of women on their overall #familyhealth!” which may be heard at: https://twitter.com/DiabetesTUCA/sta- tus/1391796234860384258?s=20 or http://tu.edu/mobec/

Natalie Nevins, DO, MSHPE, Col USAR presented a lecture on June 4, 2021 at the Touro University California’s Joint MSPAS/ MPH Virtual Mental Health in Primary Care Conference on “Bridg- ing the Gap: Bringing Resilience Into Everyday Life” and as a panelist for: • Caring for Our Veterans (CANVA LOGINS???)

• Supporting Patients Who Experienced Trauma Michael Warner, DO, published an article in the November 2020 issue of AAPC’s Healthcare Monthly Magazine Jay Shubrook, DO FACOFP, FAAFP gave the following https://www.aapc.com/blog/52108-account-for-social- presentations: determinants-of-health-when-coding-office-visits/ • 6th Annual Clinical Issues in Primary Care Conference. Dr. Warner writes that, starting January 1, 2021, a new Medical 2021 Update on the ADA Standards of Care. Diabetes on a Decision Making grid will be used to determine outpatient/office Budget. Big Island HI. May 24th 2021. Evaluation and Management (E/M) level of service and provider • American Diabetes Association 81st Scientific pay. The new grid replaces a series of grid to be more practical. Sessions- Point of Care HbA1c- should be used in the diag- With a sense of beauty to good policy change, the grid now nosis of diabetes. June 2021. includes Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) as a major factor. This article highlights the change and its impact to patient care • ACOFP/JRDF- Slowing T1D Progression: Updates on with quotes from Drs. Jordan Keys and Michael Clearfield. AAPC Screening Tests and Emerging Treatments. May 2021. is an organization with over 200,000 members, including • Stanford Diabetes ECHO program. Starting and professional coders, auditors and practice managers. titrating insulin therapy. June 2021. Dr. Warner along with Dr. St. Pierre, Mr. Davis, Ms. Ramandeep • Stanford Diabetes ECHO program. Advanced Bains, Student Doctors Avleen Gill, Jagmeet Singh, ➤ technology workshop in diabetes. June 2021.

Alesia Wagner, DO presented at the American Association of Colleges Conference in April 2021 on, “Translating Gynecologic Breast, Urogenital and Prostate Exams in Remote Learning Events” with Dr. Chantel Liggett and Yasmin Bains, OMS 4.

Alesia Wagner, DO presented on Curricular Development: Creation of an Integrated Osteopathic Physical Examination at AACOM with Dr. Melissa Pearce, Roman Dmitriyev, OMS IV, and Katherine Farley, OMS IV.

Alesia Wagner, DO presented at the ACOFP National Conference in March 2021 with the Women’s Leadership Committee on, “I am a high risk for Covid – what now?”

24 | TUCOM FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Andrew Antos, Sean Lim, Heidi Molga, and Ayesha Malik created “Thank you for the honor you have bestowed an abstract on “Training Osteopathic Medical Stduents for Drastic 2021 Health Record Documentation Policy Changes.” upon me for the past 15 years. It has been a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJG69pzorzg long and winding road but one so worth taking.

We are happy to share that TUC now has its own online store Winston Churchill once said, ‘we make for you to get your Touro gear. a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.’ I feel to that latter point we’ve done okay over the past 15 years.

Thank you one and All from the bottom of my heart.”

Michael B. Clearfield, DO, MACOI, FACP

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Mr. Silverman blowing the Shofar at the COM graduation.

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