MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY/OPTI INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH SUPPORT Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital Name: Jennifer Swoyer, D.O. Specialty: Family Medicine Phone: 708-245-8967 Email: Jennifer.Swoyer@ahss.org Contact: Barbara Sturtevant, Residency Coordinator 708-245-8975 Type of Research: Journal Reviewer Advocate Christ Medical Center Name: Christopher Blair Specialty: Medical Education/Research Phone: 708-684-5137 Email: Christopher.blair@advocatehealth.com Type of Research: Clinical LaGrange, Illinois Oak Lawn, Illinois Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Name: Gina M. Schueneman, D.O. Specialty: Family Medicine Phone: 773-296-8250 Email: gschueneman@gmail.com Contact: Evelyn Cotto Type of Research: Abstract accepted for presentation at STFM 2010 Integrating Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment into a Family Health Center and a Family Medicine Curriculum Applying for a grant: Hypothesis: Initiating OMT in the second trimester in low risk obstetric populations reduces pregnancy related back pain on standardized, validated surveys. Objective: Our pilot study aims to show that there is a beneficial role of osteopathic manipulation treatment (OMT) for improving patient comfort, minimizing unnecessary visits to the hospital and triage settings, and to access the improvement of lower back pain in pregnancy. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Name: Frani Chudzik Specialty: Research Coordinator Phone: 773-296-7393 Email: Frani.Chudzik@advocatehealth.com Chicago, Illinois Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Name: Timothy Laurie, D.O. Specialty: Gastroenterology Phone: 847-318-9595 or 312-330-2805 Email: tlaurie@pol.net Type of Research: Clinical/Outcomes research: focus GI John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Name: James Stone, M.D. Specialty: Neurosurgery Phone: 312-864-5322 Email: frostydaniels@aol.com Contact: Ernestine Daniels Type of Research: Clinical Neurophysiology Park Ridge, Illinois Chicago, Illinois