DO-Touch.NET would like to introduce you to Sheldon C. Yao, DO, Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of OMM at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM).
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From the Director: DO-Touch.NET Activity
I hope this newsletter finds you well and that your summer has been full of activity, fun, and some rest. This summer we have been very active within DO-Touch.NET at the A.T. Still Research Institute and I am excited to tell you about our work.
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Member Spotlight: Eileen Conaway, DO
Dr. Conaway may be one of our newest site directors but her interest in clinical research began long ago. Prior to attending medical school, she worked as a clinical research coordinator for drug trials for indications including asthma, diabetes mellitus, vaccination, hereditary angioedema, and dialysis. She graduated from the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2010 and currently serves as faculty for the FM, Integrated FM/NMM, and NMM+1 osteopathic residencies at Florida Hospital East Orlando.
She says, “Now more than ever is a pivotal time to participate in osteopathic research for the preservation of our profession. Initiating clinic research is extremely difficult, especially in solo or private practice; participating in DO-Touch.NET makes contributing to research so simple.”
In her free time, Dr. Conaway attends weekly ballet classes and loves to cook and travel.
From the Director: Awards and Publications
Wow, the time has flown and the activity level has been high since we last spoke! We are excited to announce that our first publication originating from DO-Touch.NET data, published in the March 2014 Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), received the George W. Northup, DO, Medical Writing Award
We were also invited by the German Osteopathic Association (VOD) to forge ties extending our capacity to conduct international research. With the help of DO-Touch.NET member Marina Fuhrmann, D.O., Chair of the VOD, we have now established a Regional Coordinating Center in Germany (see page 2).
Jane C. Johnson, Associate Director of DO-Touch.NET, was honored to accept the award on our behalf. The article, “Preliminary Findings on the Use of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: Outcomes During the Formation of the Practice-Based Research Network, DO-Touch.NET”, was authored by Brian F. Degenhardt, Jane C. Johnson, Shanin R. Gross, Celia Hagan, Gregg Lund, and William J. Curry.
We are eager to report that the “Patient-Reported Adverse Events From Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment” study, which began participant recruitment last March, is moving at full steam. We currently have 20 DO-Touch.NET members actively engaged in participant recruitment and an additional 20 are preparing to launch the study at their clinics soon. This means we still need at least an additional 10 clinicians to participate and we want you! This study involves minimal staff time and is easy to administer. If you have never been involved in clinical research before, this is a great starting point! Please contact our Network Manager at lnorman@atsu.edu to see how easy it is to get involved.
Last but not least, I would like to announce information about our next DO-Touch.NET Annual Meeting. This meeting will precede the AAO Convocation in Orlando, FL, on March 16, 2016. Watch your email for further details about this 8-hour CME credit pre-conference workshop which will focus on adverse events in manual medicine. We look forward to seeing you there.
From the Director: From OMED to Convocation
The network has been very busy. In addition to processing data and preparing manuscripts from the OMM Utilization Study completed last September, we have participated in the AOA’s OMED conference last October in Seattle and in the AAO’s convocation this March in Louisville. We are also currently planning for this year’s fourth annual Network Membership Meeting.
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Member Spotlight: Barbara Zajdel, DO
Dr. Zajdel graduated from The University of New England in 1999. She is currently practicing at BMS Integrated Health, PLC and is an Assistant Professor in the department of OMM at Michigan State University. Dr. Zajdel believes it is important to generate Osteopathic research utilizing physicians who are board certified in NMM and can apply individualized treatments to their patients. As utilized by DO-Touch.NET, multicenter trials allow for the numbers to be generated to obtain statistical significance to prove the benefits of OMT.
Fun Facts
When Dr. Zajdel is not working, she enjoys spending time with her 21 month old son. Dr. Zajdel’s other interested include cooking, kayaking, and reading by the pool.
Member Spotlight: Tobin Rummel, DO
Dr. Rummel graduated from Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2010. He completed a Family Practice Residency through Samaritan Health Services, during which he became Chief Resident. Dr. Rummel is currently practicing OMM at Crossroads Premiere Health Care in Corvallis, OR. In addition to OMT, Dr. Rummel’s research interests also include sports injury recovery, such as concussions and sprains.
Fun Facts
Dr. Rummel aggressively pursues biking, mountain climbing, ornithology, and anything active to maintain a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
From the Director: Studies begin and end.
It has been quite an exciting year for DO-Touch.NET. At the end of August we completed the data collection phase of the OMM Utilization Study funded by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). We are preparing to launch our new OMT Adverse Events Study in November. We also had our third annual Network Membership Meeting in September. Yes, the network has been quite busy.
Our third annual Network Membership Meeting was quite a success, held in Kirksville on September 4-6. In attendance were representatives from Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, MO; Crossroads Premiere Health Care, Corvallis, OR; Kirksville Family Medicine, Kirksville, MO; Kirksville OMM Clinic, Kirksville, MO; Midwestern University Clinic, Glendale, AZ; Rocky Mountain Integrative Medicine, Ridgway, CO; and William J. Brooks, DO, PC, Kansas City, MO. The meeting fostered insightful discussions surrounding diagnoses that are addressed with OMT, diversity of manual diagnostic and therapeutic skills, and input on how to improve our current studies. We also hosted our first webinar detailing an interim analysis of data from the OMM Utilization Study and overviewing the methods and tools we will use in the OMT Adverse Events Study. Replay of the webinar will be available to all DO-Touch.NET members, so watch your email for details. In addition, everyone in attendance received 20 hours of category 1A CME credit from the AOA at no cost. Overall, the third annual Network Membership Meeting was extremely productive and we hope you will join us next year for the fourth annual meeting!
I am pleased and eager to announce that DO-Touch.NET has received funding from the AAO and ATSU for our new study on patient-reported adverse events from OMT. Please see page two for an article detailing the study and how to get involved!
In addition, research from DO-Touch.NET was recently published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association on the preliminary findings of the pilot OMM Utilization Study (March 2014, Vol 114, No. 3, pp 154-170). Jane Johnson, DO-Touch.NET Associate Director, will be presenting additional findings from our pilot OMM Utilization Study at the OMED Annual Research Conference coming up in Seattle on October 26. Please come visit us at the poster session Sunday afternoon and see the product of the Network’s efforts. We look forward to seeing you all there.
From the Director: Network Updates
Needless to say, it has been a busy season for DO-Touch.NET. We attended the AOA’s annual OMED conference in Las Vegas in September. This led to several clinicians becoming new members of DO-Touch.NET following a well-attended presentation about the Network.
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