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by Brooke Bunch
Isabelle Escano
is proud to be a future osteopathic physician.
Now she’s OU-COM’s 2005 Student D.O. of the Year and proud to
carry this title.
Escano, a fifth-year medical student, was recently bestowed the
prestigious honor for her service to the school, the community
and the osteopathic profession.
“It’s definitely an honor to receive something like this,”
Escano says. “There were a lot of deserving students nominated.
To be picked from among them is an honor.”
“While winners of this award are always star students,” says
Christina Peters, a second-year student and student
government president, “the intent is to recognize the global
achievements of outstanding osteopathic medical students whose
efforts include striving to improve the community around them.”
In order to be considered for the award, applicants submitted
current copies of their resumes and 500-word essays. More than
30 students were in the running for the award. Escano was
nominated by second-year student Amy Zidron, fourth-year
student Jody Gerome and Gillian Ice, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of social medicine.
The Student D.O. of the Year Award is sponsored by The Council
of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents. It is designed to
recognize the overall achievements of outstanding student D.O.s
from all osteopathic schools and emphasizes service rather than
academic performance.
Escano has performed various community service duties throughout
her years at OU-COM, including Operation Safety Net, during
which she actively sought out the homeless of Pittsburgh to help
provide them medical care, food, clothing and hygiene kits.
Escano volunteered at Little People’s Hospital, administered flu
vaccinations at the 2001 Flu Shot Clinic in Parks Hall and led
Convocation tours for incoming students and their families. She
also presented a HIV video from the Student National Medical
Association.
She is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice, the
Cranial Academy, the Family Practice Club, the Student
Osteopathic Medical Association, the Undergraduate American
Academy of Osteopathy, the Ohio Osteopathic Association, the
International Federation of Medical Students Association, the
Student National Medical Association, the Christian Medical and
Dental Association, the American Medical Student Association and
the American Medical Association.
Escano has wide-reaching international experience. She
participated in the Kenyan Grandparents Study in Kisumu, Kenya,
in 2004 and traveled with the Tropical Disease Institute to
Quito, Ecuador, in 2001. She also was a member of medical
missions to the Philippines in 1999 and to Juarez City, Mexico,
in 1996.
Escano, who served for two years as the president of the Class
of 2004, is currently completing the final year of a family
medicine fellowship. She looks forward to practicing osteopathic
medicine.
“I’m interested in keeping people healthy, promoting healthy
lifestyles and preventive medicine,” she says. “I love doing
osteopathic manipulative medicine. I definitely want to
incorporate OMM in my practice.”
Escano is interested is the continuity of care.
“You get to see families go through, and you see their kids;
it’s really neat,” she says. “Patient interaction is important
to me.”
In June Escano will graduate and begin a family medicine
internship at University Hospitals in Cleveland.
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