For the first time ever, Heritage hosted the Sunrise Regional Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) competition— a competition that ranges from regionals to internationals which tests various skills in the medical field. The competition was bigger than ever as 19 different schools participated and 198 Heritage students competed. Dr. Diana Sood and Mrs. Paula Urrea stepped us as regional advisors and led the way.
The competition began at 9 a.m. sharp. Those who passed round 1 weeks earlier with online tests, started as round two competitors performing their practicals such as conducting CPR on a plastic dummy, solving a crime scene or taking the tympanic (ear) temperature of a volunteer patient. Other students presented speeches or skits on medical topics and others were interviewed.
Students chose from the four different food trucks offered — Burger Food Truck, Sabor a México, 3 Island G’s and BrunosEats365 — after their hard work as health professionals. Then, around 1:30 p.m. competitors met in the theater to participate in raffles and Jeopardy.
After a long day, the winners were revealed at 3 p.m. in the theater. Heritage pulled off a huge and 88% of Heritage competitors will be moving on to states. Those that placed in the top three spots received a medal and a guaranteed spot to States, fourth and fifth place winners received ribbons and a spot as an alternative to compete at States if any of the top three isn’t able to go.
Regional Winners:
Behavioral Health:
2nd Place – Aaden Albury, 12
Cultural Diversities & Disparities:
1st Place – Isabel Duffy, 9
4th Place – Piya Sarkarati, 9
Dental Terminology:
2nd Place – Srihith Nooka, 12
3rd Place – Hsin-yin Wu, 11
Health Informatics:
1st Place – Alessandro Pereira, 10
3rd Place – Sahir Hai, 10
4th Place – Matthew Wang, 10
Human Growth and Development:
3rd Place – Mila Bond, 10
5th Place – Zijian Fang, 11
Medical Law and Ethics:
1st Place – Carina Harrison, 10
Medical Math:
2nd Place – Hakkyun Kim, 12
3rd Place – Rajam Arunprakash, 10
5th Place – Roshini Shivakumar, 10
Medical Reading:
1st Place – Yana Danzig, 11
2nd Place – Nour Abdullah, 11
Medical Spelling:
3rd Place – Addison Esler, 9
Medical Terminology:
2nd Place – Ishika Gadani, 9
Nutrition:
1st Place – Rolando Perez, 10
2nd Place – Feiyang Du, 9
Pathophysiology:
1st Place – Erin Zhou, 12
2nd Place – Savannah Lares, 12
3rd Place – Arvin Nafsi, 11
Pharmacology:
3rd Place – Doreen Li
4th Place – Solomiia Cherednikova, 12
5th Place – Serenity Chan, 12
Biotechnology:
1st Place – Jacob Federici, 11
3rd Place – Malcolm Owusu, 11
Clinical Laboratory Science:
1st Place – Shrika Kantipudi, 11
2nd Place – Calvin Mathew, 10
3rd Place – Amara Okpala, 11
Clinical Nursing:
1st Place – Likhitha Selvan, 10
2nd Place – Deanna Vandelft, 9
3rd Place – Fernanda Sandoval Vargas, 11
Clinical Specialty:
3rd Place – Mia Hernandez, 9
Dental Science:
1st Place – Rachel Kludy, 11
2nd Place – Karthik Maddineni, 9
3rd Place – Scott Shin, 10
Home Health Aide:
1st Place – Kayana Coradin, 12
2nd Place – Luce-Gabrielle Etienne, 9
Medical Assisting:
2nd Place – Arissa Khan, 10
4th Place – Jocelyn Chen, 12
5th Place – Valentina Pescatore, 10
Nursing Assisting:
2nd Place – Sebastian Estrada, 10
3rd Place – Anagha Iyer, 9
Pharmacy Science:
1st Place – Ikemdy Okpala, 12
2nd Place – Gabriel Restrepo, 10
4th Place – Kamilat Mustapha, 10
Physical Therapy:
1st Place – Jade Muirhead, 11
3rd Place – Jeeya Patel, 10
4th Place – Bhuvan Dave, 10
Sports Medicine:
1st Place – Benjamin Callaghan, 12
2nd Place – Apollo Lee, 10
4th Place – Nirja Patel, 11
Veterinary Science:
2nd Place – Anneliese Hsiao, 9
3rd Place – Alejandra Abramson, 12
4th Place – Daniel Lopez, 12
CERT Skills:
1st Place – Patrica Duffy, 9 & Naomi Tamura, 10
2nd Place – Elizabeth Cook, 9 & Noah Andre, 9
3rd Place – Romir Mohan, 11 & Rithvik Marri, 11
CPR/First Aid:
1st Place – Daniela Zaghul, 11 & Jaimee Canalejo, 10
2nd Place – Andres Vidaurre, 10 & Gabriela Passaro, 10
5th Place – Julian Storer, 9 & Camila Galicia, 9
Emergency Medical Technician:
1st Place – Trace Binder, 12 & Kobe Tako, 11
2nd Place – Daria Sumenkova, 11 & Nesibe Kalb Karakaya, 10
Epidemiology:
1st Place – Diana Nazarenko, 9
2nd Place – Evangelina Porokhniava-Hetman, 9
3rd Place – Xinnuo Jiang, 9
Public Health:
1st Place – Mariel Dorismond (11), Andrew Lodin (10), Yohanna Machado (10), Maya Neeranjan (12), Defne Pisan (10)
2nd Place – Audrey Duenas (9), Mia Rosen (9), Laila Rozenberg (9)
Extemporaneous Writing:
3rd Place – Saanya Dham, 10
Health Career Photography:
1st Place – Casey Cross, 11
Healthy Lifestyle:
1st Place – Emir Sahin, 11
2nd Place – Krishna Johri, 9
Prepared Speaking:
1st Place – Christopher Gaski, 12
2nd Place – Esther Oyetunji, 11
4th Place – Aaron Frawley, 11
Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking:
2nd Place – Anya Pinto, 11
Research Poster:
3rd Place – Melodi Fugate, 11
Biomedical Debate:
1st Place – Max Friedman (10), Isha Patel (11), Sophia Zhuravska (11)
2nd Place – Sophia Abati (12), Aurora Lai (12), Sophia Toledo (12)
3rd Place – Alfred Jino (9), Shriya Narasimhan (9), Shania Srivastav (9)
Forensic Science:
1st Place – Akanksha Mehta, 11 & Annika Rui Chen, 11
2nd Place – Amy Liu, 12 & Jason Cheng, 11
3rd Place – Ania Kalegama, 12 & Mia Lopez, 11
Health Career Display:
2nd Place – Anthony Lai, 12 & Alana Lodin, 12
Health Education:
2nd Place – Gia Kakani & Sofia Lisamore
HOSA Bowl:
1st Place – Carly Aikens (12), Asher Lee (12), Surina Gadh (10), Cate Zeiger (12)
2nd Place – Joshua Turner (11), Samuil Petrov (10), Lauren Wong (11), Carla del Rio (11)
3rd Place – Chloe Sacher (9), Peyton Eichel (9), Emma Boyar (9), Valerie Baena (9)
Medical Innovation:
2nd Place – Aarna Baranwal, 9 & Ananya Zaverchand, 9
Public Service Announcement:
1st Place – Sharon Fernandez (11), Aniya Melian (9), Mikaella Mishiev (9), Andrew Rollins (11)
