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Gold Medal Recipients Announced at 2022 Grand Chapter

Dr. William Forgey, Pi, was awarded the Irving S. Cutter Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Medicine. For her Outstanding Contribution to Phi Rho Sigma, Dr. Elisabeth L. Righter was named the recipient of the Jesse Ansley Griffen Medal. Both of these medal winners addressed the Grand Chapter via a Zoom presentation.  Attending the meeting was Dr. Daniel Matasic, the winner of the Paul L. McLain Research Award. He presented his research on the metabolic regulation of cardiac sodium channels. For more details on our newest medal winners please check out the new issue of the Phi Rho Sigma Journal which can be found on this web site.

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Eta Chapter has Suture Clinics for its members
This past year Eta Chapter at Creighton University had two Suture Clinic for their chapter members. Teaching the clinics was Steven Yackley a M4 and past chapter president. Dr. Carol Drake and Dr. Robert Troia along with several other Phi Rho members were there to facilitate
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GRAND CHAPTER HELD IN ARIZONA ...NATIONAL OFFICERS RE-ELECTED FOR ANOTHER TERM

At the recent Grand Chapter meeting held in Scottsdale, AZ, Julie Best, M.D. ws re-elected as National President of Phi Rho Sigma Medical Society. Also serving a second term are Vice-Presidents Gary LeRoy, M.D. and Sheryl Mascarenhas, M.D. both from Alpha Upsilon chapter. Gabriel Cuka, M.D. will continue to serve as Secretary-Treasurer. Completing the Executive Board are Christy Benson, M.D. who serves as Historian and Neil Knight, M.D. who is the editor of the Journal.

Elected as Undergraduate Delegates to the Grand Council as representatives of the chapters were Theresa Thomas- Eta, Sara Osborne - Theta Tau, Natalie Rech - Iota and John Freeman-Eta. Alternate Undergraduate Delegates. named were Hilary Kleppel - Alpha Upsilon, Elizabeth Forte - Alpha Upsilon, Matthew Foman - Theta Tau, Nathan Walton - Mu and Tyler Sharp - Iota.

Dr. Best has appointed the following people as committee chairs: Dr, Worthe Holt. Pi - Advisory Chair, Dr..Joseph Wheeler. Iota - Social Media Chair, Dr, Elisabeth Righter, Alpha Upsilon - Succession Chair, Dr. Wade Swenson, Theta Tau - McClain Research Award Chair, Dr. Daniel Matasic, Mu - New Physician Liaison Chair, and Dr, Mildred Willy, Pi - Advocacy Chair.

Dr. John Ayres, Pi will continue as the head of the Phi Rho Sigma Foundation along with Dr. James Jackson, Alpha and Dr. Martin Wice, Alpha serving as trustees.

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IOTA BENEFIT SCHOLARSHIPS
Iota Benefit functions as the alumni association for the Iota chapter at the University of Nebraska. The alumni association annually recognizes senior medical students who, as members in good standing of Iota chapter, have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement by being named members of A.O.A. These scholarships are named for Dr. William Angle, a long time member of the Iota Benefit board, whose investment strategies were in large part responsible for the ability of the board to award them. Recipients of the 2022 scholarships are Austin Gibson, Samatha Cox, and Tim Lackner They will each be presented a check for $500.00 at the graduation ceremony.
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4 PAWS FOR ABILITY BENEFITED FROM Alpha UPSILON CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS

 

The Phi Rho members from Wright State University have made the organization 4 Paws for Ability one of their service projects this year. This organization is a local non-profit placing trained service dogs with children and veterans with disabilities and seniors living with Alzheimer's. The volunteers helped with the the day to day needs of the facility which were definitely not the most glamorous of jobs but as one member wrote, "We learned about 4 Paws and the services they provide for our community, we got to do a volunteer project to help, and we got to play with the puppies. Could you ask for anything better?"

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MEYER FOUDATION FOR DISABILITIES BENEFITS FROM IOTA CHAPTER'S GOLF OUTING

Each fall Iota chapter sponsors a golf outing to raise money for the Meyer Foundation for Disabilities. The MFD is an organization whose goal is to provide, social, skill building, and educational activities for adults with developmental disabilities. There is a sharp decline in these sorts of activities when people with developmental disabilities reach the age of twenty-one, so the MFD aims to fill that void. The golf outing was held at the Benson Championship Golf Course in Omaha. Nine teams of four players each competed for various prizes throughout the day and overall winner. The chapter had eighteen sponsors for the tournament as well. Before the start of the tournament MFD president, Mary McHale, spoke to the group about the goals of the Foundation and the reasons she has become so involved it the Foundationand its programs. In January the chapter presented a check for $4,900.00 to the Meyer Foundation to support their programs.

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Eta and Iota chapters sponsor "DO NO HARM"

Eta and Iota chapters met the Phi Rho Sigma goal of excellence in professional work and improvement to the medical profession by sponsoring the film "DO NO HARM". This documentary is directed by Robyn Symon and is about the recent epidemic of suicides affecting the medical profession. Eta chapter hosted two showings, one on the school campus and one at Bergen Mercy Hospital. A discussion followed each showing lead by a panel of experts and faculty. At Iota they served dinner during the film and a Q&A session followed.  Physician suicide is not an easy topic to talk about but the movie provided an opportunity to reflect on this topic while finding also finding a way to help medical students and the medical community through this epidemic. Over 350 people saw the film and the audience was a combination of medical students, faculty and community professionals. 

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