Thanks to all our presenters and judges for making the 2021 Internal Medicine Research Symposium a great success. Congratulations to all the winners!
Clinical Vignette
Medical student (Judges: Drs. Penmetsa, Famouri, German)
- 1st place: SangHo Jee
“Reactive weakness: Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19” - 2nd place: Samuel Rafla
“Cement Embolism as a Cause of Dyspnea After Multilevel Kyphoplasty”
Residents (Judges: Drs. Stacey, Lycan, Zhou, Petty, Dharod, Famouri, German, Addo, Lippert, Wilson, Kelly)
- 1st place: Kang Xiang
"Amiodarone-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis and Neurotoxicity as Result of Poor Hospital Follow-Up" - 2nd place: Hiral S. Patel
"Rare Case of Fulminant Gastrointestinal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Following SARS-COV-2 Infection”
Fellow (Judges: Drs. Miles, Zhou, Lippert, Menon)
- 1st Place: Jason Signorelli
“When West Lung Zones Go South - A Case of V/Q Mismatch” - 2nd Place: Bhavita Gaglani
“Successful management of COVID 19 induced ARDS using VV ECMO in a patient with a BMI of 73.9 kg/m²”
Clinical Research
Students (Judges: Drs. Callahan, Zhou, Dharod, Upadhya, German, Lippert)
- 1st Place: Sharon Thomson
“Perceptions of an Anticipated Fresh Food Prescription Program” - 2nd place: Pooja D. Patil
“P-Wave Axis is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Type II Diabetes Mellitus: The Diabetes Heart Study”
Residents (Judges: Drs. Addo, Upadhya, Miles, Stacey, Pawa, Menon, Callahan, Wilson, Dharod, Lippert, Petty, Famouri, German)
- 1st Place: Robert Dorrell
“Long Term Transmural Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections Improves Survival in Patients with Disconnected Duct Syndrome” - 2nd Place: Lauren Ivey
“Impact of Air Purification Devices on the Transmission of Aerosolized Viral Pathogens in a Hospital HVAC System”
Fellows (Judges: Drs. Zhou, Stacey, Lippert, Menon, Callahan, Upadhya, Miles)
- 1st place: Matthew Singleton
“Body Mass Index, Gender, and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetes: The ACCORD Trial” - 2nd place: Rami Diab
“Gender and Racial Disparities in Randomized Controlled Trials of Fibromyalgia: A Quantitative Analysis”
Quality Improvement
Students (Judges: Drs. Callahan, Dharod, Miles, Kelly)
- 1st Place: Rachel C Bordeolon
“Frailty and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Predicting Outcomes in a Geriatric Population” - 2nd Place: Tyler George
“Electronically Providing Voter Information During a Pandemic: A Novel Approach to Patient Voter Resource Education during the COVID-19 Era”
Residents
- 1st Place: Marian B. Raygon, MD
“Delirium Bundle Pre-Implementation Survey”
Fellows (Judges: Drs. Menon, Upadhya, Stacey)
- 1st Place: Patrick Kuhlman
“Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) Screencasts: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Asynchronous Learning on an Inpatient Hematology-Oncology Service” - 2nd Place: Matthew Singleton
“Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy with the Use of an Underbody Electrosurgery Dispersive Electrode”
Basic Science
- 1st Place: Jennifer Krall, MD
“Leukocyte Kinetics in Acute Lung Injury (ALI)-Associated Skeletal Muscle Wasting and Recovery”