Sigma Sigma Phi
Psi Chapter
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York
230 W 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
SSP Fall Conference
Sunday, October 24, 2010
San Francisco, CA
Representative: Ann Long, President 2010-2011
2009-2010 Leadership
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President: Ann Long
Vice President: Mitchell Stroh
Secretary: Mona Shalwala
Treasurer: Justin Cherian
Advisor: Joyce Brown, DO
Membership by Class
2011
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Alicia Granos
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Birju Shah
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Brian Yoon
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Candice Barra
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Carolyn Newman
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Daniel Galante
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Efren Caballes
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James Jennings
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Jeannie Bay
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Jigesh Shah
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Joshua Tartaglione
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Julian Naranjo
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Kathleen Coakley
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Lauren Koffman
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Matthew Mavroson
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Merav Abraham
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Mike Cullura
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Molly Findley
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Neha Sharma
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Nicole Hotchkiss
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Peter Abdelmessieh
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Rebecca Kowaloff
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Rodrigo Castro
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Sean Teagarden
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Sergey Moldavskiy
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Shyam Patel
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Simon Shapiro
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Tiffanie Maxwell
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Wei-Lin Yang
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Yolande Kwok
2012
• Aziza Wahby
• B Forest Plucknette
• Bertha Castro
• Christine Capriolo
• Daniel Nahl
• Eric Buxbaum
• Holly Ringhauser
• Kieran Leong
• Konstantin Khariton
• Louis Siegel
• Matthew Hadilaksono
• Michael Saulle
• Nina Schatz-Siemers
• Nora Rose Cooper-Surma
• Pallavi Shankaraiah
• Peter Lee
• Priya Abraham
• Rachel Brauner
• Richard Romano
• Robert Trasolini
• Rohit Dewan
• Shalom Butel
• Steven Yoo
• Sunberri Murphy
2013
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Alyssia McEwan
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Amanda Trau
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Ann Long
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Baruch Meer
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Benjamin Lippert
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Brittany Simone
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Cynthia Chen
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Daniel Choe
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Jamie Rygielski
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Jay Patel
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Jessica Abruzzino
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Justin Cherian
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Karen Schugt
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Katherine Lee
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Mitchell Stroh
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Mona Bipin Shalwala
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Percy Perino Huggins
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Rachel Jones
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Rachel Noelle Douglas
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Shailee Upadhyaya
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Stephen Rivoli
Past Events
• Soup Kitchen volunteering – monthly, ongoing
• Subject Review Sessions for Class of 2014 – monthly,
ongoing
– Student-led review sessions for exams
• “Spring Into Health” Health Fair, April 2010
– Harlem community health outreach event; blood glucose, blood
pressure, and HIV screening
• Mock Anatomy Practicals, co-hosted with Surgery Club,
August 2010
• Succeeding in Medical School Lecture, August 2010
– Presented information to 1st and 2nd year students on the
residency match and what program directors look for
– Invited panel of 3rd and 4th year students for Q&A session
afterward to give advice on board exam prep and rotations
• Contigo spill-proof coffee mug sale fundraiser, Sept 2010
– To raise money for Fall Health Fair
Future Events
• Fall Health Fair (projected date 11/5/10)
– Glucose, Blood Pressure, HIV screening
– Asthma screening and bone marrow drive
• Info session on osteopathic residencies (Dec.
2010)
– Invite DO residency program directors to speak about
their programs and the match process
• Medical Spanish workshop (Spring 2011)
• Balancing Family Life and Medical School (Spring
2011), co-hosted with AMWA
• Spring Health Fair (Spring 2011)
Goals for Psi Chapter
• Make Sigma Sigma Phi the #1 academic resource
at TouroCOM for 1st and 2nd years
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Exam reviews
One-on-one or group tutoring sessions
Info on how to set up elective rotations
Info on preparing for the residency match
• Integrate community service with minority
outreach and osteopathic values
– Added “Osteopathic Values” and “Minority Outreach”
subcommittees to explore other avenues of possible
community service opportunities
– Foster inter-club cooperation to achieve this goal