SOMA

Congratulations to our New SOMA Officers:
Treasurer: Chihui Yuan
Public Relations: Erin Hogue
Research Coordinator: Alex Miner
Fundraising Chair: Jennifer Higa
Public Health Chair: Madeline Nguyen

Join SOMA today at www.studentdo.com/join and receive a FREE Netter Atlas of Anatomy! The last day to join is Monday, October 10, 2011...

SOMA New Member Scholarship:

The SOMA New Member Scholarship was developed for new members of SOMA (i.e. students signing up for SOMA during the Fall membership drive). Five $500 scholarships will be awarded based on an essay on the topic. "Vision of Osteopathic Medicine." Five new SOMA members, per Fall registration, will be awarded a $500 scholarship each. For more information, please visit: http://www.somafoundation.org

Deadline: Septem...

Student Osteopathic Medical Association – Political Development Briefing – August 2011

The “Budget Control Act of 2011”
For the time being, massive cuts to graduate medical education (residency funding) have not
taken place. Many ideas ranging from 0 – 100% cuts to residency funding were discussed during
the debate. It remains to be seen what proposals will come out of the super committee, which
must make up its mind regarding cu...

Student Osteopathic Medical Association – Political Development Briefing – July 2011

Graduate Medical Education

As many of you have heard, GME has been a hot topic for potential funding cuts in the current
deficit debates. Somewhat unintentionally, it has become the theme of this month’s political
development briefing. Initial ideas from the white house were for a 50% across the board cut to
GME, and later rumors were that GME fund...

The SOMA Summer Convention was held at the AOA Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois on July 14- July 15, 2011. National SOMA officers were in attendance in addition to Chapter Leaders from each Osteopathic Medical School throughout the United States. Representing Touro University California were Rachel Ilagan, SOMA Chapter President and Tahera Iqbal, SOMA Chapter NLO.

The convention was focused on goals of SOMA for the upcoming year. One major g...

New SOMA members will receive a FREE Netter Atlas of Anatomy compliments of the American Osteopathic Association. This is the atlas that is used in the Anatomy Lab. The last day to sign up for membership and receive a free Netter is October 10, 2011. Sign-up for membership is online.

http://www.studentdo.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&view=Contributions&Itemid=192

If you have any questions, please contact rachel.ilagan@tu.edu...

On Thursday, April 7, 2011, almost 700 DOs, Osteopathic Medical Students, and supporters gathered in Washington D.C. for the AOA's annual DO Day on Capitol Hill. Congressman Joseph Heck, DO, (NV-3) kicked off a full day of advocacy activities with a keynote address during a morning briefing session.

http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/Pages/DO-Day-keynote.aspx

Some of the key issues discussed include Medicare physician payment, use of Fl...

GL Advisor recently hosted an information session on March 28, 2011 for SOMA on student debt management and new federal programs that can specifically benefit us. GL Advisor works specifically with medical students and graduates to help them reduce their student loan debt and achieve their financial objectives. As we all know, student loan debt for medical graduates has risen dramatically in recent years, but new federal programs exist that can h...