The 17th Annual IM Resident Research Day celebrates resident accomplishments virtually

For more than a decade, the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program has successfully hosted the annual IM Resident Research Day to showcase residents’ research achievements and celebrate the collaboration between residents and dedicated faculty. This year’s virtual event took place Tuesday, April 28 and featured resident oral abstract awardees at Grand Rounds, followed by the announcement of the poster award recipients.

The Resident Research Day Grand Rounds started with a keynote speech, “The Thought of High Windows,” from Bashar S. Staitieh, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Following his speech, this year’s oral abstract winners presented their research projects. Annie Ho, MD, presented, “Representation of Women Authors in Contemporary Heart Failure Clinical Trials.” Grace Rim, MD, delivered her presentation, “Fooled by Fibrinogen, Distracted by Escherichia Coli: An Unexpected Presentation of Purpura Fulminans.” Natalia Smirnova. MD, shared her research findings on, “HIV-related Viral Protein Exposure Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Mitochondrial Function.” Finally, Jennifer Xu, MD, delivered her presentation, “Providing Medications at Discharge Improved Readmissions Rates.”

There were 78 entries for Resident Research Day, including 37 clinical vignettes and 41 original research projects.  The following winners were selected through a blinded, peer review process:

Original Research Poster
First Place: Nicole J. Treadway, MD
Second Place: Sneha Gadi, MD
Third Place: Mary Stout, MD
Honorable Mentions: Shivang Desai, MD, Vladimir Lamm, MD, Amalia Aldredge, MD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clinical Vignette Poster
First Place: Katelin Snow, MD
Second Place: Pranav Santapuram, MD
Third Place: Manasi Tannu, MD, MPH
Honorable Mentions: Robert Spandorfer, MD, Alan Noll, MD, Tammy Chuang, MD, Matthew T. Brown, MD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In place of our traditional in-person poster session, we invite our faculty and residents to review the residents’ posters through the links below:

View all posters organized by resident’s last name. 

View posters sorted by division based on faculty involved with the project. 

Thank you also to the following chief residents and faculty judges who provided our peer review process for oral and poster presentation selections:

Joyce Akwe, MD
Caitlin Anderson, MD
James L. Bailey, MD
Emily Cartwright, MD
Christine Charaf, MD
Shen Chen, MD
Raymund Dantes, MD
Natalie Giles, MD
Keerthi Gogineni, MD
John Haydek, MD
Reena Hemrajani, MD
Jeffrey L. Lennox, MD
Munish Luthra, MD
Noble Maleque, MD
Mohamad Moussa, MD
Christopher O’Donnell, MD
Viniya Patidar, MD
Babusai Rapaka, MD
Danica Rockney, MD
Charles D. Searles, Jr., MD
Shanthi Srinivasan, MD
Dustin Smith, MD
Athan Tiliakos, MD
Akanksha Vaidya, MD
Pam Vohra-Khullar, MD
Zanthia Wiley, MD
ChengCheng “Cindy” Ye, MD

On behalf of the residents, we extend our thanks to each of our dedicated faculty who have generously mentored our residents in research and career development.  Resident Research Day is a celebration of your shared accomplishments and the invaluable support each of you invests in our trainees.