HOSA 2004 Palm Beach Gardens Pre-Medicine Magnet students attended the HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Regional Leadership Conference was hosted by Palm Beach Gardens High School (PBGHS) on Saturday, January 31, 2003. In addition to PBGHS, students from Palm Beach Lakes, Inlet Grove, Okeechobee, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce Central, St. Lucie West Centennial, Westwood, and Martin County participated in the event. Mrs. Karen Kissel and Mrs. Scarafia serve as HOSA Advisors for the PBGHS HOSA Chapter and are proud to announce that 103 PBGHS students earned gold, silver or bronze medals qualifying them to attend the HOSA Florida State Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida, April 23-26, 2004. The categories and results of this year’s competition are as follows: First in the Region: Dental Spelling: Avani Mangoli Dental Terminology: Joe Gregory Medical Terminology: Joni Markland Medical Math: Andrew Vivas Pathophysiology Knowledge Test: Aysa Gray Nutrition Knowledge Test: Soreena Farhoud Concepts of Healthcare Knowledge Test: Jennifer Durning Human Growth and Development Knowledge Test: Brandon Gardner Pharmacology Knowledge Test: Angela Macri Administrative Medical Assisting: Maria Carananti Nursing Assisting: Antoinette Joseph Sports Medicine: Ashley Startzman Extemporaneous Health Poster: Michael DeRogatis Extemporaneous Speaking: Kimberly Troung Prepared Speaking: Meredith McGaughey Researched Persuasive Speaking: Trudy Salmon Community Awareness: Michelina de la Maza, Amanda Acosta, and Amanda Ludy Creative Problem Solving: Rachel Scarafia, Kathryn Saxby,and Kelly Walton HOSA Bowl: Karen Nguyen, William Trinh, Bianca Badaro, and Dao Nguyen Parliamentary Procedure: Jessica Joyner, Anjali Moorjani, Mona Bhatti, Megan Sirjane Samples, Joe Sconzo, and Amy Monk. Career Health Display: Jessica Baker and Hillary Kener Biomedical Debate: Charanpreet Khangura, Hillary Weier, Marjorie Pierre, and Jacob Thomas First in the Region (cont’d): Medical Reading: Robert Borger, Carolyn Rue, and Gregory Sconzo Health Education: Yeon Kim and Raminder Khangura Outstanding HOSA Chapter: Yeon Kim Second In the Region Dental Spelling: Anthony Sconzo Medical Spelling: Najia Hamid Medical Terminology: Lawrence Gardenhire Medical Math: Dedrick Wilsnack Pathophysiology Knowledge Test: Richina Bicette Nutrition Knowledge Test: Michael Chon Concepts of Healthcare Knowledge Test: Kyle Freericks Human Growth and Development Knowledge Test: Tristan Artley Pharmacology Knowledge Test: Eric Trent Administrative Medical Assisting: Jamey Slappy Nursing Assistant: Elaine Tomlinson Extemporaneous Speaking: Kristina Argo Prepared Speaking: Theresa Joyce Community Awareness: Thoung Troung, Nikita Pandey, Anabelle Outar, and Kayla Anthony Creative Problem Solving: Jolissa Moore, Ruth Janvier, and Stacy Bushman HOSA Bowl: Keneil Shah, Ravi Soni, Kirasue Habibi, and Kevon Williams Career Health Display: Marianna Corrales and Naomi Camacho Medical Reading: Krunal Pachigar, Anu Jolly, and Amena Rahman Health Education: Cindy Joseph, Maitreyee Patel, Priyanka Waghray, and Farah Yasmin Outstanding HOSA chapter: Carolyn Rue Third in the Region Dental Terminology: Jennifer Madden Medical Spelling: Melissa Locke Medical Terminology: Katie Bachman Pathophysiology Knowledge Test: Raj Rajpara Nutrition Knowledge Test: Christina Ly Human Growth and Development Knowledge Test: Christopher Golding Pharmacology Knowledge Test: Duyen Huynh Extemporaneous Health Poster: Hai Minh Do Prepared Speaking: Megan McGaughey Researched Persuasive Speaking: Zachary Ives Third in the Region (cont’d) Creative Problem Solving: Ashley Menningman, Dixie Krauss, Samantha Miller, and Ashka Patel HOSA Bowl: Scott McCallister, Ranier Floresta, Amanda Jaeger, and Jessica Rizo Career Health Display: Emma Parkerson and Monica Tschosik Biomedical Debate: Anna Lesa Penas, Youvena Cantave and Jimmy Gedeon Health Education: Heidi Lopez, Jennifer Massaro, Linda Chon,and Lisa Yim In addition, sixteen PBGHS students placed in the top 20 representing Region 9 for the Kaiser Permanente National Health Care Issues Exam. First Place: Charanpreet Khangura Second Place: Richina Bicette Third Place: Jacob Thomas Fifth Place: Marjorie Pierre Sixth Place: Joni Markland Seventh Place: Raminder Khangura Eight Place: Eric Trent Ninth Place: Angela Macri Tenth Place: Tristan Artley Eleventh Place: Aysa Gray Thirteenth Place: Amanda Ludy Fourteenth Place: Bianca Badaro Sixteenth Place: Ranier Floresta Seventeenth Place: Monica Tschosik Nineteenth Place: Hillary Weier Twentieth Place: Hai Minh Do