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A link and schedule will be sent to registered participants.
Please see below for information regarding hotel blocks in the area specifically for Graduation. Our regular VCOM rates are also still available at other hotels in the area.
We have blocked off hotel rooms for May 10th – May 14th, 2022 at the following hotels. You may either call the hotel and tell them you are booking as a VCOM Graduate, or you may use the link below if they have provided one.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites I-26
Holiday Inn Express & Suites North
Comfort Suites @ Westgate Mall
Best Western Plus Spartanburg
Hilton Garden Inn Spartanburg
Hampton Inn & Suites Spartanburg I-26 Westgate
Tru by Hilton Spartanburg
Spartanburg Marriott Hotel
AC Hotel Spartanburg
Location: VCOM-Carolinas, 350 Howard Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303
The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) – Carolinas Campus will hold its Eighth Annual Via Research Recognition Day on Friday, February 11, 2022. Research Day is a significant event for VCOM and supports the mission of the College to provide medical education and research that prepares globally-minded, community-focused physicians and improves the health of those most in need.
Registration is FREE but required. Registration opens on November 15, 2021, and the deadline to register is January 21, 2022. All participants, including students and poster presenters, must register to participate in Research Day.
-Registration is now closed
With registration for this event, you get:
For any problems with registration, please email researchday-cc@carolinas.vcom.edu.
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Registration, first-floor reception area |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Opening Remarks |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Keynote Address: Jeremy Kilburn, MD |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Student Researcher of the Year |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Student Research Presentations |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
Dr. Kilburn attended medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina where he sat on the admissions committee. This was followed by residency training in Radiation Oncology at Wake Forest in Winston Salem, SC. He attended Davidson College where he majored outside of the sciences in French. His interest in research predated his medical training spending 2 years in a basic science lab and continued with more focused oncology basic science research during medical school. His focus shifted more towards clinical research during residency training before accepting a position with Gibbs Radiation Oncology in the Greenville/Spartanburg area.
He was asked to serve as a young investigator in the NCI's community oncology network, NCORP, beginning in fall 2014 and served as a Co-PI. He now serves as one of three PI’s with Upstate Carolina NCORP which manages a 2.8 million dollar per year grant shared among St. Francis and AnMed's cancer programs. He remains passionate about bringing clinical trials and the most advanced treatment to communities along with addressing community awareness and cancer disparities. He regularly presents to the Us Too Prostate Cancer organization, Greenville Medical Society, St. Francis Community Outreach Programs, among others. He sits on multiple national research base disease site committees and chairs the protocol review committee at Upstate NCORP.
He is a proud father of 11 and 12 year avid gymnasts and enjoys traveling in his family's RV and spending time on the lake together. He has mentored many medical and premedical students with clinically directed research and hopes to see Gibbs Cancer center continue to grow regionally and nationally as a center of research excellence.
Attendees are invited to share their research in poster format. Poster abstracts must be accepted for the event for posters to be displayed. The Via Research Recognition Day features an optional poster competition for medical students performing research in the following categories: Biomedical Research, Clinical Research, Clinical Case Reports, Educational Research, and Simulation Research.
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, December 3. Please note: no extensions for abstract submission will be granted.
For questions about abstract submissions or participation in the poster competition, please email Dr. Patrick Fisher at researchday-cc@carolinas.vcom.edu.
When an abstract is accepted, the submitting author will receive further instructions on poster submission via email.
VCOM provides free poster printing for any meeting attendee with an accepted abstract. Details will be sent to submitting authors with the abstract acceptance email.
Send poster submissions to: researchday-cc@carolinas.vcom.edu
Free VCOM Poster Printing Deadline is Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5 p.m.
The Via Research Recognition Day is a forum for health professionals and scientists at academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present or benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all humans. By attending the oral presentations and poster sessions, participants will have the opportunity to learn cutting edge information in the physiological bases of osteopathic manipulative therapy efficacy, new trends in physician-based research networks, and how to develop innovative research projects with high impact for human health. By attending the poster session, participants will also learn about the biomedical, clinical and educational research activities at VCOM and its partner institutions will have an opportunity to identify new collaborative research opportunities.
Medical students, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, public health professionals, medical residents, other health profession students and others interested in primary care issues and research.
It is the policy of the VCOM Medical Education Department to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the participants any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.
Amount: Tuition and approved fees + monthly stipend
The purpose of the HPSP Physician Scholarship program is to provide financial assistance to individuals pursuing a program of study leading to a degree of doctor of medicine or equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic or osteopathic medicine.
NOTE: Pediatrics is not eligible for this scholarship program.
Benefits and Stipend
The HPSP award pays a participant's school tuition and approved fees through direct payment to the school. HPSP assistance includes topping off any existing grants and scholarships to ensure 100% of tuition and required/mandatory fees are paid.
HPSP will pay a monthly stipend directly to the participants. The payment is made for each month a participant is enrolled in coursework, beginning with the first month of the school year. If the participant is a full-time student, the stipend continues through the summer months, provided the participant has not yet completed the participant's degree requirements and is enrolled in coursework. The stipend payment is discontinued the month of a participant's degree completion.
Service Obligation
Recipients are obligated to complete a minimum of 18 months of service, for every year sponsored, at a VA facility after graduation, licensure and residency.
Sponsored by US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Amount: $40,000 a year loan repayment with a maximum of $160,000
The Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program (SELFRP) provides financial assistance to physicians in the form of a loan repayment to recent graduates of an accredited medical or osteopathic school and are currently enrolled or matched to a residency identified as a shortage by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The loan repayment is $40,000 a year with a a maximum of $160,000. In return the recipient would agree to serve in a clinical practice at a VA facility for a period of 12 months for each $40,000 of loan repayment with a minimum of 24 months of obligated service.
Sponsored by US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
My research interests include cancer cell and molecular biology, particularly related to the pathogenesis of pediatric renal tumors, lung cancers, mesothelioma, and occupational lung disease. In addition, I am interested in the evaluation of various biomarkers with therapeutic and prognostic significance in oncology. My research experience includes the use of a variety of cell and molecular biological techniques including primary cell culture of human tumors and xenografted tumors, immunohistochemistry, transmission electron microscopy, fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) and other cytogenetic techniques, and flow cytometry. Other research interests include forensic pathology and related sciences, medical microbiology, parasitology, urologic pathology, undergraduate and graduation education in pathology, and medical humanities.
The White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage for first-year osteopathic medical students and signifies a commitment to the osteopathic profession and patient care. Immediate family can coat a student if they are a Doctor of Osteopathic medicine and join them to help celebrate. It is a psychological contract that stresses the importance of compassionate care for the patient and professionalism and scientific proficiency. The ceremony symbolizes the trust between physician and patient, compassion, and the purity of the medical profession’s purpose.
Location: Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Holiday Inn Express and Suites
Hampton Inn & Suites, Spartanburg I-26 Westgate Mall
Hilton Garden Inn
Residence Inn by Marriot Westgate
Best Western Plus
Comfort Suites @ Westgate
