Brandon Merryman

Compassionate and dedicated surgical Resident Physician skilled in delivering quality patient care, including patient evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. Offering 1 year of experience with strong skills in patient interactions, interdisciplinary communication and simplifying complex medical terminology to support comprehension of treatment options.

• American College of Osteopathic Surgeons - Medical Student Section, 03/2020, Current, President/Member, Collaborated with other club Presidents to organize guest speakers, a suture clinic, and a surgeon panel, Attended national conferences and worked alongside other Presidents to enhance the surgical skills and acumen of our organization
• Surgery and Sports Medicine Club, 2019, Current
• Emergency Medicine Club, 2019, Current
• Student Osteopathic Medical Society, 2019, Current

• Undergraduate Student Research Assistant, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, Summer 2018, Prevalence of Bennett Lesions Based on Sex, Ancestry and Age in an Osteologic Collection of 5,662 Scapulae, Derrick Knapik, MD– University Hospitals, Spearheaded the collection and evaluation of data from 2,831 specimens from the Hamann-Todd collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Graduate Student Research Assistant, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 12/2020, 01/2021, The Effectiveness of Saline Load Test in Detecting Simulated Traumatic Elbow Arthrotomies: A Cadaveric Investigation, Andrew Steckler, MS- Cleveland Clinic, Reviewed and participated in collection and analysis of current research on this topic, Assisted in organizing and conducting the experiment, Generated and utilized spreadsheets for data collection