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SOSA National Newsletter Fall 2011

SOSA Fall Newsletter

By: Marc Billings National SOSA Secretary

Hello again from all of us on the National Board, and welcome to all of our new members. We have many exciting new things planned for this year, details of which you will find in this newsletter, including Fall Conference information, information concerning the SOSA Mentor of the Year, and a design contest for new SOSA shirts. I hope you enjoy this issue of the newsletter. As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to contact us at any time. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you all at the upcoming Fall Conference!

Marc J. Billings VCOM 2013 Sigma Sigma Phi National SOSA Secretary Student Ambassador and Liaison

Contents

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Welcome from the Chair

Fall Conference 2011

Shirt Design Contest

Fundraisers

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Membership Information

Mentor of the Year (Application: 8-9)

Finances

Technology

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Greeting From National

Greetings SOSA members,

My name is Aaron Berg and I wanted to welcome every one, as National Chair, to this up and coming year in SOSA. We have multiple meetings planned for this year, including the Fall Conference in Atlanta in a few weeks time. There is an elite mixture of speakers and events lined up for this fall that will make this conference a special one. If you have any last minute questions feel free to ask any of us on your national board.

As for individual chapters, I wish you the best in all of your local endeavors. If you need help thinking up ideas for fundraisers or educational seminars, you can always ask the board. Also, if you think your chapter has good ideas and would like to share them you can send them to our Secretary, Marc Billings, and he will add them to future newsletters. For instance, at my chapter, we used the bowel that was normally thrown away from anatomy lab to practice different suturing techniques.

Everyone on the National Board is working very hard to make this a unique and educational year and I trust you are as well at your respected chapters. I am looking forward to this year and I hope you all are too. Thanks.

Aaron Berg OMS IV Touro University- Nevada Student Osteopathic Surgical Association National Chair, 2011-2012 [email protected] (612) 702-5465


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National SOSA Fall Conference

Hello, y'all! The 2011 Fall SOSA Convention is coming up quickly, and here are the final convention details.

Again, the conference is September 16-18 (Friday- Sunday) of this year. But please note, there are no planned group activities for that Sunday. This year the ACA meeting is a day ahead, so instead of the typical Saturday/ Sunday set up, we're doing Friday/ Saturday. That being said, students who are around or have a later flight on Sunday are more than welcome to attend ACA speakers on that day, but it's not required. Just keep that in mind when booking flights. But also remember that we will be doing a fun nighttime event that Saturday night, so don't try to leave too early!

Hotel Information (for those of you who haven't booked yet): Again I recommend staying at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel, as that's where everything will be happening. Slight change when booking the hotel; follow this script exactly to avoid confusion: 1. Call 404-659-2000 and navigate to reservations. 2. Say "I'm calling to book some rooms under the name of Pam Brownlee, phone number 810-444-0831, confirmation number 343-679-3178". Then switch the room out from my name into your own name and provide your credit card information. That last part is super important because I won't be available to get everyone into their rooms. Remember that the hotel will only allow 2 people in a room to get the room discount ($179/night).

Flights: You can still get a discount with Delta Airlines by calling 800-328-1111 and using the code NM7CR.

Registrations were due August 31st, but we will still be accepting late registrations on site that Friday morning. However, please note that the late registration fee is $100 dollars (instead of $90). If you're planning on registering on site, please email me so I can keep a count of everyone attending.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding anything, you can absolutely call, text, oremail me at any time. I look forward to seeing all of you in Atlanta very soon!

Pam Brownlee 810-444-0831 [email protected]


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Design Contest

A special T-shirt/Sweatshirt design contest with YOU in mind

The Student Osteopathic Surgical Association presents a unique design contest with YOU in mind.

The T-shirt/Sweatshirt design contest is open to all SOSA members. We are looking for CREATIVITY!

Think outside the box, make your designs anything you feel represents SOSA or the field of surgery in an interesting way.

The designs can be abstract, conceptual, conventional, expressive…let your creativity and artistic nature run free from underneath all of those anatomy books!

The competition will go as follows: YOU submit your design. Once we have collected all of the designs

YOU will get to vote on your favorite top 3 designs!

The 3 winners will then get their designs made into T-Shirts or Sweatshirts that will go on sale during our Spring Convention at VCOM. Be on the look out for more

information coming your way soon!


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Laser Engraved “SOSA” 2GB USB Keychain Price: $15.00

Fundraisers

SOSA Mentor of the Year Hello,

We would like to invite you to nominate a surgical mentor for the Surgery Mentor of the Year Award.

If there has been an influential surgical mentor that has sparked your interest in surgery and helped you realize your love for surgery, nominate them as the SOSA Surgery Mentor of the Year. All you have to do is tell us about how he/she has helped you and your SOSA chapter in 500 words or less.

• There is to be a maximum of one nominee per school. How the individual schools determine their nominee is up to the individual chapters.

• The winner will be awarded an engraved plaque and will be invited to give a presentation to the SOSA membership, during the Fall Conference.

• Nominations are to be turned in at the SOSA registration table the first day of the Fall Conference. But you can always e-mail them in to [email protected] beforehand if you'd like.

The rules and application are attached at the end of this newsletter. Good luck!

SOSA is a student lead organization that relies on membership dues from each chapter. Fundraisers supplement these funds allowing us to provide the National SOSA scholarships that you are all eligible for each year. All profits from the sale of fundraiser items go directly to SOSA to help fund these National scholarships. Help us raise funds, and don’t forget to apply for a National scholarship!

SOSA White Coat Pin Price: $5.00


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SOSA Technologies

Hey guys and gals,

I am really looking forward to seeing you all in Atlanta in a few weeks for the fall conference. Our officers have worked really hard to put together what I believe will be a great experience for all of us future surgeons. I want to make sure you all have the ability to contact us at any time with any questions or concerns regarding SOSA. To access the National SOSA site visit FACOS.org and select the student section in the middle of the page. It contains not only the officer’s contact info, but also other useful information regarding SOSA such as bylaws, conventions, and general membership information. Thanks again for allowing us to represent you on the National level and we will see you all soon!

Joe Chukwuma UNTHSC- TCOM MS III National SOSA Technologies Coordinator

Don’t forget to submit your dues and membership roster to ACOS. If you need your chapter’s unique online membership form, instructions on where and how to mail in your checks and rosters or anything else, please contact me at [email protected]. Jay Patel OMS III Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – NY National SOSA Communications Coordinator

Membership Information


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SOSA Finances

Hello! First, I’d like to welcome all of our new members and welcome back all of our returning members! We are very excited about this year and with your active involvement, we are looking forward to making it one of SOSA’s best! As for our finances, one of the SOSA national financial goals this year is to end the year with a positive balance in our account to create a slightly larger nest egg for ourselves. Accordingly, we are working hard on creating cost effective conferences in both the fall and spring. Last year SOSA national spent nearly three times the amount of money we received in registration dollars for the fall conference expenses (San Francisco is a pretty expensive city!). This year we set out to drastically improve upon that number. We estimate this year’s Fall Conference to cost $8,675.00. This is an improvement of $5,500.00 over where we stood last year after the Fall Conference. We are still compiling the final financial data for the Spring 2011 Conference held in Glendale, Arizona. However, we estimate that we will show a net profit of approximately $1,000.00. As previously mentioned, at the Fall Conference we will hold a design contest for new club t-shirts and sweatshirts to be sold at the Spring Conference. So get creative and come with your awesome design ideas! Our current fundraising efforts this year include selling merchandise at the both conferences. Together, we are working towards developing additional fundraising ideas. If you have an idea you’d like to share with us, please contact myself, SOSA Treasurer Regan Riley at: [email protected]. As always, if you have any questions or concerns about SOSA National's finances please contact Regan Riley or Jay Patel, Communications Coordinator. Regan Riley, MSIII AZCOM, Class of 2013 National SOSA Treasurer [email protected] 206-930-8439


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SOSA Surgery Mentor of the Year

Purpose

To continue the great standards that are currently in place for osteopathic surgeons, young aspiring surgeons need a strong role model that will give them direction. If there has been an influential surgical mentor that has sparked your interest in surgery and helped you realize your love for surgery, nominate them as the SOSA Surgery Mentor of the Year.

Rules

• There is to be a maximum of one nominee per school. How the individual schools determine their nominee is up to the individual chapters.

• The winner will be awarded an engraved plaque and will be invited to give a presentation to the SOSA membership, during the Fall Conference. The lecture schedule can be accommodated to meet the needs of the winner if necessary.

• As an osteopathic organization, we would prefer the nominee be an ACOS member but outstanding MDs will also be considered.

• Nominations are to be turned in at the SOSA registration table the first day of the Fall Conference.

• The winner will be decided upon by the National E-board for the academic year and the SOSA region designated for the academic year. One vote per national eboard member and one vote per school. The winner will be determined by majority vote. In the event of a tie, the final determination will be made by a vote of the eboard. The winner will be announced at the convention.

• A surgeon maybe nominated consecutive years but is not eligible for the award for three years after winning the award.

Guidelines for application

1) Completed information Sheet 2) In 500 words or less, please describe how the nominee displays his/her dedication to

aspiring surgeons, commitment to SOSA and how he/she promotes SOSA as a professional student organization amongst ACOS and the osteopathic community.

3) All information should be submitted at the SOSA registration table the first day of the Fall Conference.


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SOSA Surgery Mentor of the Year

Information Sheet

Name and School of Officer submitting nomination: ____________________________________ Contact information for member (e-mail and cell): ____________________________________ Name and Title of Surgeon: ____________________________________ Contact information for surgeon (e-mail/cell): ____________________________________ Surgeons Afflation/Group: ____________________________________ Attached Essay:

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