Anim joins a long list of current and former FSU College of Medicine students who have served in state, regional and national leadership positions. She previously served as president of the FSU College of Medicine Family Medicine Interest Group and as AAFP Regional FMIG Coordinator.

AMA DISTINCTION 

Mikel Hofmann, a fourth-year student at the Pensacola regional campus, was one of 10 medical students nationally to recently receive an American Medical Association Foundation fellowship award.

GOING GREEN

Christopher Walker, M.D., clinical associate professor at the Orlando regional campus, and third-year medical student Jill Ward wrote a case report published in the February issue of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Green Journal. The case focuses on an in utero rupture of the umbilical cord.

LESSONS IN ROBOTIC SURGERY

Robert I. Carey, M.D., clinical associate professor at the Sarasota regional campus, and fourth-year student Tariq Hakky presented data to the World Congress of EndoUrology through a poster, “High volume, fellowship-trained single surgeon robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy experience:  220 cases in 2 years.” Dr. Carey presented the information at the organization’s conference in Shanghai, China. Hakky poster [pdf]

POETRY IN MEDICINE

Jimmy Moss, third-year student at the Tallahassee regional campus, had his poem, “Little Black Boy,” published online at Pulse Magazine (link: Moss poem).  Moss said the poem describes feelings he had while growing up striving to achieve his dreams.  

SUPPORT RUN

The College of Medicine’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association took part Feb. 15 in the National Breast Cancer Marathon and half-Marathon in Jacksonville. Created by the Donna Hicken Foundation and Mayo Clinic, all proceeds are used for breast cancer research and care. Make a donation

GOOD SPORTS

Eleven members of the College of Medicine’s Sports Medicine Interest Group volunteered at the Panama City Ironman Triathlon in November, staffing the medical tent under the supervision of local physicians and college faculty members Dr. Daniel Van Durme and Dr. Rob Campbell.

The race consisted of a 2.4 mile swim in the Gulf of Mexico, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run and included more than 2,200 athletes. Medical students and physicians were busy for as long as seven hours after race completion, attending to conditions ranging from severe dehydration to low sodium levels in the blood due to excess sweating.

Participating medical students included: Eric Martinez, Danielle Henry, Christina Dornshuld, Jennifer Brown, Amanda Pearcy, Jared Rosenfeld, Alvaro Bada, Ashley Chandler, Kathleen McGlynn, David Harris and Mark Elliott.

Front row (L to R): Dr. John Gross, Eric Martinez, Christina Dornshuld, Jennifer Brown, Amanda Pearcy. Back row (L to R): Jared Rosenfeld, Alvaro Bada, Dr. Daniel VanDurme, Dr. Rob Campbell, Ashley Chandler, Kathleen McGlynn and David Harris.

CHILI, AND HOT

College of Medicine students will get a chance to show off their chili recipes while also helping to raise money for Neighborhood Health Services at the Second Annual Chili Con Carnival. The event takes place 2-6 p.m. at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee, March 21.

In addition to all-you-can-eat chili for a $5 entry fee, participants will be supporting NHS, where College of Medicine faculty and students provide thousands of hours of medical care for medically underserved and uninsured or underinsured patients.