2022 Research Symposium

The 3rd Annual Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium was held at Riverside Medical Center on April 28 and 29, 2022, and showcased the following fields of research: Case Studies, Investigator Initiated Studies, Quality Improvement Studies and Evidence-Based Practice Studies.

During the symposium, 16 posters were presented. The symposium concluded on the 2nd day with an awards ceremony followed by winners announced by Lisa Zipsie, DIO.

The winners for best investigator-initiated research were Stephen Tulley, DO, Irfan Vora, DO and Emma Myers, DO, alongside their primary preceptor, Dr. Samrat Khanna, on their poster presentation titled: The Negative Predictive Value of Hypercapnia in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism.

The winner for the best case study went to Emma Myers, DO, alongside her primary preceptor Dr. Raju Z. Abraham, on their poster presentation titled: Biopsy Site Selection.

The winner for best quality improvement study went to Emma Myers, DO, alongside her primary preceptor Roselle Almeida, on their poster presentation titled: Re-evaluating Oxygen Requirements for COPD Patients to Improve GMLOS.

The winner for the best medical student poster presentation went to Andrew Phillipose OMS-3, alongside his co-investigators Andrew Mariano, DO, Bharat Surani, DO, and their primary preceptor, Arun Jagannathan, MD, for their presentation titled: Out of Control: Thoracic and abdominal aortic mural thrombi in “unreduced” ΔCALR essential Thrombocytosis.

The winner of the best Evidence-based practice poster presentation went to Elaine Papineau, DNP, MS-CNS, APRN-BC, CWCN-AP, for her poster presentation titled: Adoption of Venous Ulcer Guidelines to Improve Healing in Community Hospital Outpatient Wound Clinic.

To view a virtual presentation of each submission, select the link below.

Quality Improvement Projects

1. Re-evaluating oxygen requirements for COPD patients to improve GMLOS by Emma Myers, DO, Internal Medicine Resident

Case Reports

1. A Broken Heart on Fire by Rahul Patel, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
2. A rare case of HPV Esophagitis in immunocompetent elderly patient by Nistha Rawal, DO, Gastroenterology Fellow
3. A curious case of Co-infectious: Epstein-Barr Virus and Presumptive Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome by Emma Myers, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
4. A Tale of Two Biopsies by Emma Myers, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
5. Biliary Stent Migration with Duodenal Perforation Repairing Endoscopically by Dhaval Patel, DO, Gastroenterology Fellow
6. Biopsy Site Selection by Emma Myers, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
7. Burkitt’s Lymphoma in the Rectosigmoid Colon Masquerading as Colitis by Sidharth Bhandari, DO, Gastroenterology Fellow
8. Russell Body Esophagitis without H. Pylori by Matthew Sutherland, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
9. The Invisible Culprit Vessel, by Hussein Al-Mohamad, DO, Interventional Cardiology Fellow

Investigator-Initiated Research

1. Trending Pro-Inflammatory markers to prognosticate mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 by Paul Kozak, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
2. Determinants of COVID Infection Among Healthcare Workers in a Rural Community Hospital by Emma Myers, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
3. Negative Predictive Value of Hypercapnia in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism by Stephen Tulley, DO, Internal Medicine Resident
4. Mental Health for LGBTQ+ in Rural Populations by Chase Hiller, MD, Psychiatry Resident

Evidence-Based Practice

1. Adoption of Venous Ulcer Guidelines to improve healing in a community hospital-based outpatient wound clinic by Elaine Papineau, DNP, MS-CNS, APRN-BC, CWCN-AP