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The Orthopod

The Official Publication of the
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics

    • Leadership Notes
      • AOAO Committees Focus on Strategic Plan
      • Status of Residency Programs: Single Accreditation System Update
      • Passing of the Baton
    • CME Updates
      • What is going on at the AOAO meetings?
      • Congratulations to This Year’s Award Recipients!
    • Residents & Students
      • RAOAO Update
      • New SAOAO National Board
    • Membership News
      • The Apprentice Model for Resident Training – It’s Undervalued!
      • 2019 AOAO Leadership Seminar: May 4-5
      • Congratulations Steven D. Morton, DO, FAOAO – New AOAO President
      • DO’s that Do: Flying High with Dr. Greg Barnhill, Plane and Helicopter Owner/Pilot
      • Welcome New Members!
      • Thank You to Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO – Exiting Editor of The Orthopod
      • The Funky Three-Legged Stool and the Holy Trinity of the Osteopathic Profession
      • Board of Directors
    • General Articles
      • So Many Journals, So Little Time!
      • Global Outreach
      • AOAO Introduces New Ambassador Program in 2019
      • 2018 – A Good Year!
      • Call for Associate Editors
    • Abstracts
      • Arthritis Research UK Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) as an Indicator of Health Status and Health Literacy in an Urban Setting
      • The Financial Impact of Surgical Site Infection in Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus Patients Undergoing Open Reduction Internal Fixation Procedures
      • The Role of In-Office Diagnostic Needle Arthroscopy for Intra-Articular Knee Symptoms With a Normal MRI: A case report for ACL Insufficiency

Membership News

Welcome New Members!

ACTIVE
Joseph Billings, DO – Longwood, FL
Brian Buck, DO – Springfield, MO
Chris Catlett, MD – Richmond, VA
Matheau Eysser, DO – Rexburg, ID
Benjamin Garner, DO – Erie, PA
Nicholas Houlis, DO – Brick, NJ
Richard Huish, DO – Indian Wells, CA
Shane Hume, DO – Oklahoma City, OK
Amie Kawashima, DO – Jersey City, NJ
Gregory Moore, DO – Midlothian, TX
Callista Morris, DO – Mechanicsburg, PA
Robert Paul, DO – North Kansas City, MO
Elizabeth Shaw, DO – Modesto, CA
Test Testerson, MD Richmond, VA
Jason Malone, DO – Orlando, FL
Brian Drake, DO – Billings, MT
Ronald Buczek, DO – Dayton, OH
Daniel Lygrisse, DO, MA – Dayton, OH

ALLIED HEALTH
Jessica Sinco PA-C – Pensacola, FL

ASSOCIATE
Babak Bina, DO – Santa Monica, CA
Cristine Osborne, DO – Redding, CA
Dana Welle DO – Aptos, CA

CANDIDATE
Bryan Anderson, DO – Erie, PA
Andrew Bae, DO – Phenix City, AL
Nathan Bascom, DO – Ventura, CA
Jorge Benito, DO – Miami, FL
Michael Bogard, DO – Oxnard, CA
Morgan Boren, DO – Chicago, IL
Grant Branam, DO – Lansing, MI
Robert Brooks, DO – Baltimore, MD
Colin Burgess, DO – Sea Cliff, NY
Gregory Callanan, DO – Glassboro, NJ
Jeffrey Chapek, DO – Harrisburg, PA
Galen Cummings, DO – Las Cruces, NM
Scott Eaton, DO – York, PA
Jordan Fakhoury, DO – Carle Place, NY
Juston Fan, DO – Riverside, CA
Kevin Fox, DO – Largo, FL
Ryan Griffith, DO – Vienna, OH
Shivali Gupta, DO, MPH – Hayward, CA
Thomas Herron, DO – North Easton, MA
Taylor Hockman, DO – Columbus, OH
Megan Jimenez, DO – Glassboro, NJ
Alexandra Johnson, DO – Kingsport, TN
Keith Kotecki, DO – Las Vegas, NV
Sterling Kramer, DO – Vineland, NJ
Christopher Leibold, DO – Toledo, OH
Dominic Marino, DO – East Lansing, MI
Michael Markowitz, DO – Westmont, NY
Dylan Mathews, DO – Toledo, OH
Hani Mayassi, DO – York, PA
Amy Meyers, DO – Holly, MI
Drew Miller, DO – Erie, PA
James Mueller, DO – Saint Clair Shores, MI
Ali Muzaffar, DO – Harrisburg, PA
Devon Myers, DO – Galloway, OH
Paul Myers, DO – Columbus, OH
Robert Nugent, DO – Northfield, NJ
Kruten Patel, DO – Joliet, IL
Katherine Paul, DO – Blue Springs, MO
Brandon Petrone, DO – New York, NY
David Phillips, DO – Harrisburg, PA
Nathan Rech, DO – Lyndhurst, OH
Austin Schaff, DO – Saint Petersburg, FL
James Seymour, DO – Las Cruces, NM
John Shafik, DO, MS, PA-C – Erie, PA
Katie Smeltzer, DO – Holly, MI
Fady Sourial, DO – Mahwah, NJ
Timothy Unger, DO – Chillicothe, OH
Anthony Viola, III, DO – Philadelphia, PA
Austin Whiting, DO – Flint, MI
Bailey Young, DO – Wenonah, NJ

STUDENT
Michael Abbott – Des Moines, IA
Dannielle Allen – Biddeford, ME
Anje’le Alston – Oceanside, CA
Daniel Arce – Suwanee, GA
Shalynn Arrington – Glendale, AZ
Eric Ballard – East Lansing, MI
Paul Banks – Glendale, AZ
Kyle Barner – Kansas City, MO
Curtis Barnes – Yakima, WA
Kyle Barth – Dublin, OH
Macelyn Batten – Buies Creek, NC
Brandon Bealer – Englewood, CO
Nicklas Beck – Indianapolis, IN
Rachel Becker – Madison, WI
Joseph Bell – Spartanburg, SC
Justin Berkner – Oakland, ME
James Blaine – Las Cruces, NM
Samuel Bosco – Indianapolis, IN
Peter Boucas – Niles, IL
Duncan Bralts M.Ed, ATC, Dothan, AL
Thomas Brim – Dothan, AL
Joshua Burka – Hope Mills, NC
Christopher Canario BS, Physiology – Denver, CO
Florian Capobianco – Lillington, NC
Ryan Card – Lillington, NC
Iou-Ren Chang – Crossville, TN
Matthew Charlick – West Bloomfield, MI
Yash Chaudhry – New York, NY
Quincy Cheesman – Newport News, VA
Amber Cheesman – Newport News, VA
Johnathon Chung – Mesa, AZ
Dakota Clouser – White Sulphur Springs, WV
Gary Cook – Galena, OH
Brian Cost – Chagrin Falls, OH
Andrew Cramer – Erie, PA
Meredith Culbertson – Buies Creek, NC
Breanna Davis – Biddeford, ME
Ashton Densley – Kansas City, MO
Austin Dickerson – Fort Worth, TX
Benjamin Diedring – Lynchburg, VA
Michael Dillenkofer – Hattiesburg, MS
Luke DiPasquale – Philadlephia, PA
Cyril Dizon – Spartanburg, SC
Matthew, DOrcus – Philadelphia, PA
Jake Eggett – Ivins, UT
Griffin Ellis – Glendale, AZ
Leslie Elmore – Lewisburg, WV
Ryan Feminella – Middletown, NY
Ryan Ferguson – Seaside, CA
Brian Fliegel – Miami, FL
Yitzak Fox – Bradenton, FL
Sean Furlong – Biddeford, ME
Jonathan Gabriel – Philadelphia, PA
Michael Galibov – Glendale, AZ
Maximillian Ganz, BS – Commack, NY
Patrick Garvin – Kansas City, MI
Erika Garza – Las Cruces, NM
Christopher Gause – Erie, PA
Mark Gendi, DO – Kansas City, MO
Daniel Gerow – Indianapolis, IN
Matthew Gibbs – Des Moines, IA
Katharine Goebel – Middletown, NY
Austin Hager – Harrisburg, PA
Mohammed Hasan – New York, NY
Maxwell Havlusch – Leonia, NJ
Jackson Helms – Fayetteville, NC
Alison Hemsley – Atlanta, GA
Emma Ide – Kansas City, MO
Aaron Jackson – Philadelphia, PA
Jordan Jay – Dothan, AL
Michael Jepsen – Lillington, NC
Derek Jones – Plantation, FL
Kevin Kadado – Fort Worth, TX
Mirnes Kadic – Glendale, AZ
John Kalliel – Biddeford, ME
Anthony Kamsokn – Suwanee, GA
Delaney Keane – Scott Depot, WV
Elena Keith – Glendale, AZ
Adam LaFleur – Erie, PA
Jayakala Lakireddy, MS – Vallejo, CA
Harshal Lal – Downey CA
Marco Lawandy – Bayonne, NJ
Bradley Lazzari OMS-III – Peoria, IL
Logan Leavitt – Parker, CO
Rebecca Lee – Covington, LA
Bridget Lee – State University, AR
Josh Lindsley – Fort Worth, TX
Ariean Loo-Hernandez – Hattiesburg, MS
Calvin Luu – Downers Grove, IL
Alexandra Macpherson – Hattiesburg, MS
Andy Mai – Biddeford, ME
Katherine Manseau – Las Cruces, NM
Connor McElheney – Knoxville, TN
Jesse McIlwaine – Middletown, NY
Jake McRae Student Ivins, UT
Ashay Mehta – Secaucus, NJ
Madelinie Mercier – Yakima, WA
Kyle Minkel – Pomona, CA
Scott Moberg – Lynchburg, VA
Steven Moss – Massapequa, NY
Nailah Mubin – Lawrenceville, NJ
David Oh – Biddeford, ME
Shawn O’Keefe – South Hamilton, MA
Erin O’Pry – Atlanta, GA
Liam Ortega – Spartanburg, SC
Kevin Parza – Cape Coral, FL
Devisha Patel – Winsted, CT
Darren Patel – Blacksburg, VA
Sunny Patel – Long Beach, CA
Brendan Paull – Erie, PA
Tucker Peabody – Lillington, NC
Alyssa Piscitello – Middletown, NY
Robert Prior – Bloomington, IL
Kayla Prokopakis – Blooingdale, OH
Haley Prough – Erie, PA
Mohanakrishnan Raagav – Vallejo, CA
Shawn Rahman – Fort Worth, TX
Pawanpreet Randhawa – Fort Worth, TX
Ethan Remily – Cleveland Heights, OH
Hunter Rennie – Jonesboro, AR
Connor Richmond – Biddeford, ME
James Ridgeway – Glendale, AZ
Amanda Robinson – Dothan, AL
Leeda Roshan – Spartanburg, SC
Trinava Roy – North Brunswick, NJ
Nicholas Runge – Dothan, AL
Nicholas Ryan – Auburn, AL
Rex Saito – Henderson, NV
Philip Sakalian – West Bloomfield, MI
Matthew Schultz – Fort Worth, TX
Alan Shahbazi – Middletown, NY
Samir Sharrak – Des Moines, IA
Lauren Smithwick – Fort Worth, TX
Blake St. Louis – Fort Worth, TX
Samuel Stratton – Biddeford Pool, ME
Kyle Stumetz – Yakima, WA
Daniel Sullivan – Madison, IN
Eric Tidwell – Las Cruces, NM
William Tobener – Melrose, FL
Paul Ulrich – Wellington, FL
Tarun Uppalapati – New York, NY
Jonathan Vander Molen – Lisle, IL
Fred Vilson – Lynchburg, VA
Gregory Wallis – Las Cruces, NM
Taylor Ward – Indianapolis, IN
Patrick Weldon – Drayton, SC
Nicole Werner BS, MS – Kirksville, MO
Christopher Wiles – New London, CT
Wayne Wilkie – Bradenton, FL
Charles Woodall – Hattiesburg, MS
Jacob Worley – Gladstone, MO
Wade Wright – Glendale, AZ
Winston Yen – Middletown, NY
Alexander Yevtukh – Birghamton, NY
Zethariah Zielinski – Biddeford, ME
Alec Ziemann – Lebanon, OR

Primary Sidebar

Next Meeting

2021 Annual Spring Meeting: 61st Postgraduate

Thursday, April 15 – Saturday, April 17, 2021
Grand America | Salt Lake City, UT

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About the Orthopod

The Academy’s e-newsletter is published three times annually.

Editor:
Steven J. Heithoff, DO, FAOAO
Orthopodeditor@aoao.org

Contributors:
Randa Bascharon, DO
Clifford S. Goldthorpe, DO
Brian A. Handal, DO, PGY-3
Adam LaFleur, OMSIII
Jim Mason, DO, FAOAO
Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
Joel Rush, DO, FAOAO
Gary S. Ulrich, DO, FAOAO

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