12/10/2025

Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine 2026 Award Winners

Awards for Research and Scholarly Activity, Student Advocate and Lifetime Achievement

The Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine's (CAOM) proudly announces the

2026 Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award 

Robert S. Juhasz DO, MACOI, FACP

Award presented at the Members Meeting on Saturday, January 24, 2026

Student Advocate Award Winners

Miranda Farley, OMS-IV, OU-HCOM, Cleveland

Maria Shepard, OMS-III, OU-HCOM, Cleveland

Research and Scholarly Activity Poster Winners

Fellow Winner

• First Place - Marija Rowane, DO |  OU-HCOM | University Hospitals | Allergy & Immunology Fellowship | Idiopathic Combined Immunodeficiency Associated with Pulmonary Sporotrichosis
  
  

Resident Winners

• First Place – Mackenzie Malmer, DO | OU-HCOM | MetroHealth Pediatric Residency | Barriers to First Newborn Follow-Up: A Retrospective Cohort Study at an Inner-City Hospital​ 
  
  
• Second Place – Kayla Hurst, DO | PCOM | University Hospitals Dermatology Residency | Gynecological comorbidities associated with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
  
  
• Third Place – Morgan Powell, DO | OU-HCOM | University Hospitals Regional Hospitals Family Medicine Residency | Acute Asymptomatic Bradycardia upon Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Initiation

Student Winners

Category: Case Report

• First Place – Sarah Azzi, OMS-II | LECOM | Heterozygous Mutation of NFkB2 Associated with Common Variable Immunodeficiency
  
  
• Second Place – Andrew Devine, OMS-III | OU-HCOM | Cushing the Limits
  
  
• Third Place – Eshika Kohli, OMS-III | LECOM | A Heterozygous Mutation in the BLM Gene Identified in a Pediatric Patient with an Inborn Error of Immunity

Category: Educational Research

• First Place – Sarah Azzi, OMS-II | LECOM | Procedural Training Videos Enhance Entrustable Professional Activities Competency: A Longitudinal Study Among Fellows-in-Training, Part 2
  
  
• Second Place – Eshika Kohli, OMS-III | LECOM | Video Procedural Training Series Impact on A/I FIT Competency Self-Assessment
  
  Additional awards were not given in this category
  
  

Category: Literature Review

• First Place -  Joseph Correy, OMS-IV  | LECOM | A meta-analysis of range of motion improvement following muscle energy technique of the hamstrings
  
  Additional awards were not given in this category.

Category:  Original Research

• First Place – Muhammed Zouabi, OMS-III | LECOM | A meta-analysis of the efficacy of osteopathic lymphatic techniques on peripheral edema in pregnancy
  
  
• Second Place - Gabrielle Tan, OMS-II | LECOM | High-Titer IVIG 10% (Human)–slra Reduces Infections and Hospitalizations Over 6 to 12 Months
  
  
• Third Place – Hannah Baratz, OMS-IV | LECOM | Early Arrival to Earlier Discharge: Meta Analysis Concerning the Role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in the Length of Stay of Preterm Infants
  
  

Category: Osteopathic Focused Scholarly Activity

• First Place – Jacklyn Adebayo, OMS-IV | LECOM | Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: Reducing Pain and Improving Functionality in Patients with Low Back Pain
  
  
• Second Place - Shivam Bhatt, OMS-IV | LECOM | Effects of OMT on Migraines
  
  
• Third Place – Kathleen Shay, OMS-III | LECOM | The Role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Shortening NICU Length of Stay for Preterm Infants: A Meta-Analysis​
  
  
• Honorable Mention - Jad Kabbara, OMS-III | LECOM | Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain: Short-term Effects on Pain and Function—Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Posters will presented on Sunday, January 25th at the 61st Annual Winter Conference CLICK HERE for details for 24 hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credit or ABMS PRA Category A CME Credit.