For over two decades, the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program has hosted this annual event to showcase our residents’ research achievements and celebrate the collaboration between residents and dedicated faculty.
The Resident Research Day Grand Rounds started with the keynote speech, “From Antiquity to Big Data: A Vital History of Body Temperature,” from Siva Bhavani, MD, assistant professor of medicine for the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
The event also included resident oral and poster presentations. Please see below for this year’s Resident Research Day winners. Congratulations to all of our presenters on their extraordinary work!
Resident Oral Presenters
Original Research Projects:
- Lana Aleuy, DO, PGY2 Resident
- Maya Patel, MD, PGY2 Resident
Clinical Vignette
- Youssef Saklawi, MD, PGY3 Resident
Click HERE to view oral presentations on DOM’s YouTube Channel.
Poster Presentations
There were 116 poster entries for Resident Research Day, including 60 original research projects and 56 clinical vignettes.
The following winners were selected by faculty judge reviewers:
Original Research Poster Winners
- 1st place: Mildred Nelson, Reducing the Cost: “A Comparison of Once-daily versus Multiple-daily Intravenous Antibiotic Administration on Healthcare Costs and Waste”
- 2nd place: Tyler Kristoff, “Statin drugs augment tumor response to anti-PD-1 immune check point blockade in head and neck cancer patients”
- 3rd place: Aaron Issac, “Developing User-Friendly Ambulatory Referrals: A Pilot Study in Gastroenterology Referral Services at a Large Academic Safety Net Hospital System”
Honorable Mention, Original Research
- Honorable mention: Anita Kaw, “Augmenting Mitochondrial Respiration in Immature Smooth Muscle Cells with an ACTA2 Pathogenic Variant Mitigates Moyamoya-like Cerebrovascular Disease”
- Honorable mention: Zachary Owens, “Race Is Not Associated With Survival in a Large Cohort of US Veterans Diagnosed With Pulmonary Hypertension Between 2003-2015”
Clinical Vignette Poster Winners
- 1st place: Jordan Hildenbrand, “First episode psychosis: what are we missing?”
- 2nd place: Shruti Gupta, “A rare case of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma in a 26-year-old female non-smoker”
- 3rd place: Alarica Dietzen, “Lymphocytic Ascites in a 45-Year-Old Male”
Honorable Mention, Clinical Vignettes
- Honorable mention: Brett Montelaro, “A previously healthy man with a five-day history of diffuse joint pain”
We send our gratitude to the numerous faculty who participated in the abstract review and poster judging, as well as the faculty mentorship behind each of these resident research and clinical vignette projects. Special thanks to IM Administrative Team: Thedis Carries, Kym McMillan, Meghan Lane, Rhoda Sanders, Tiffany Barnes and Cynthia Gomez for their organization and execution of this wonderful event!
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