News from ACOI

Read the latest from ACOI members who have received awards, promotions, and other recognitions.

As December 1-7 marks National Handwashing Awareness Week, the healthcare community is again rallying around hand hygiene's critical importance. Handwashing is a cornerstone of infection control, dramatically reducing hospital-acquired infections and safeguarding our most vulnerable patients, especially those who are immunocompromised. Yet, while the benefits to patient health are clear, we rarely discuss the unintended consequences of rigorous handwashing on healthcare providers, namely, its toll on our skin.

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While ACOI 2024 is already a month behind us, there’s good news for you: now through the end of the year, all the recorded sessions from the Annual Convention are available. ACOI has extended access to the virtual platform through December 31, 2024.

Student Doctor Cordero was nominated for her leadership skills and community involvement. Aila is President of the Hispanic Osteopathic Medical Student Association (HOMSA) and uses her role in HOMSA to spread awareness of osteopathic medicine throughout the South Florida community, especially amongst the Cuban community.

Research and scholarship are essential to a medical student’s journey, but it’s often much more than a step taken out of sheer necessity. That was the case when it came to Alexandria (Allie) Ahlm, the ACOI 2024 student poster contest winner.

Thankful. That is the feeling as I reflect on the ACOI 2024 Annual Convention & Scientific Sessions held in Arizona this past month. I am in awe of those that worked so hard to make the Annual Convention a success.

I have had the pleasure and honor of being the ACOI President from 2023-2024. I am proud to report that working with the ACOI Board of Directors, the ACOI leadership team, and the ACOI Committees, it has been a successful year.

Shelby is an extraordinarily talented individual with a high intellect and a genuine curiosity that fuels her drive to learn. During her third-year internal medicine inpatient rotation, Shelby was operating at the level of a fourth-year medical student. She gave polished and thorough presentations that included synthesis of complex patients and prioritized differential diagnoses.

Read the latest from ACOI members who have received awards, promotions, and other recognitions.

Thanks to a rich array of interactive learning sessions, thought-provoking keynote presentations and panel discussions, along with a host of networking events, attendees made invaluable connections, created beautiful new memories, and expanded their knowledge and skills. With over 50 sessions, expert speakers, and over 1600 attendees, ACOI 2024 was a truly special Annual Convention.

ACOI is delighted to announce the induction of 38 new Fellows of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, as well as eight new members of the Gillum Society of Master Fellows. During the ACOI 2024 Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 1, ACOI president-elect Dr. Enright, and chair of Honors & Awards Committee, Dr. Hubbard led ACOI in recognizing this class of accomplished individuals.