Winning Abstracts from the 2014 Medical Student Abstract Competition: Internal Medicine 2014 Student Abstract Winners
Congratulations to all of our 2014 Medical Student Abstract Competition winners!
Podium Presenters
Research
Joseph Bozzay, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Evaluation of Aspirin Use in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease
with Atrial Fibrillation Requiring Warfarin
Clinical Vignette
Ella Anne Damiano, Brown Medical School
Infliximab Induced Severe Hypertriglyceridemia and Eruptive
Xanthomas
Research
Andrew Hwang, Tufts University School of Medicine
Association Between Outpatient "No-shows" and Subsequent Clinical
Outcomes
Clinical Vignette
Matthew P. Deek, UMDNJ-Robert W Johnson Medical School
Extensive Arterial and Venous Thrombi as a Presentation of
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome with a Unique Complication of Hemolytic
Anemia and Poor Response to Treatment
Research
Caroline M. Lewis, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents
University
Zoledronate Inhibits Cell Membrane Repair
Clinical Vignette
Anna Kuropatkina, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Led Astray: Diagnosing Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in a
Patient with Complex Risk Factor Profile and Negative Serology
Research
Sucharita Mukherjee, PA State University College of Medicine
The Prevalence and Correlates of Lifetime Mental Disorders and
Trauma Exposures in Urban and Rural Settings: Results from the
National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)
Clinical Vignette
Aaron Sacheli, St George's University, School of Medicine
Influenza Vaccine Induced CNS Demyelination in a Fifty Year Old
Male
Research
Alexander Weller, VA Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Examining Inpatient Cost Savings from the Patient Centered Medical
Home
Research
Y. Wu, Duke University School of Medicine
The Clock is Ticking: Improving General Medicine Discharge
Communication Timeliness
Poster Winners
Clinical Research
Jacqueline Britz, Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Medicine
Exploring challenges and policy solutions for improving access to
healthcare for vulnerable populations: Lessons from the UK National
Health Service.
Clinical Vignette
Joshua Gabel, University of Nevada School of Medicine
Hepatocellular Carcinoma in an HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patient: A Call
for Increased Surveillance
Clinical Vignette
Milla Kviatkovsky, Nova Southeastern University College of
Osteopathic Medicine
The Bloody Aortic Stenosis: A Case of Heyde Snydrome.
Clinical Research
2LT Elizabeth S Marx, USUHS F. Edward Hébert School of
Medicine
Validation of the IMPROVE Bleeding Risk Score for Medical
Inpatients
High Value Cost Conscious Care
Tamera Means, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine
The effect of an Individual's Race, Age, and Gender on how They
View Exemption from Informed Consent.
Basic Research
Anand A Patel, University of Missouri School of Medicine
The role of Cholesterol Synthesis Inhibitors as Antitumor
Agents
Clinical Vignette
Eleah Porter, American University of the Caribbean School of
Medicine
A Rare Cause of Massive Hematuria: Renal Artery Aneurysm
Rupture
Clinical Vignette
Narayana Sarma V Singam, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine
Optimizing heart failure management: Catheter ablation in a patient
with frequent premature ventricle complexes (PVCs) with
Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
Clinical Vignette
Maria T Story, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Univeristy of Iowa
Ultrasound: Window to her Heart, Portal to my Soul
Clinical Research
Joshua Trebach, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Extragenital Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in Exposed Women Attending Two
Baltimore City Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinics
Read all abstracts accepted for presentation at Internal Medicine 2014.