Resident ACP Council

ACP Abstract Day Awards

Congratulations to our winners in each category:

Basic Science Research - Bijalben Patel, medical student - Soluble guanylate cyclase activators attenuate hypertension in a rat model of preeclampsia by improving endothelial function
Clinical Research - Elliott Varney, PGY-1, preliminary medicine year for radiology - Comparative effectiveness of noninvasive tests for staging chronic liver disease
Quality Improvement - Amor Royer, PGY-2, categorical internal medicine - Screen a little, stay a lot: A retrospective analysis of MRSA screening of inpatients
Clinical Vignette - Peyton Treutel, PGY-1, categorical internal medicine - Extraosseous manifestation of multiple myeloma: An unusual presentation

Congratulations to our winners in each category:

Basic science research - Bijalben Patel, medical student. Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase Stimulators and Activators as a Potential Treatment Option for Preeclampsia
Clinical research - Kelly Windham, medical student. Analysis of Racial Disparities in UMMC Pediatric Critical Congenital Heart Disease Population
Quality improvement and patient safety - Andrew Brown, third-year internal medicine resident. High blood pressure, can we recheck that?
Clinical vignettes - Jennifer Kennard, first-year rheumatology fellow . A Case of Antisynthetase Syndrome Initially Presenting as Recurrent Pneumonia

Quality improvement and patient safety – Olu Kolawole. Let sleeping bugs lie: Assessing inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria among residents
Basic science research – Edgar Torres Fernandez. Are the androgen-induced cardiometabolic effects in polycystic ovary syndrome irreversible?
Clinical research – Doris Hansen. Autologous bone marrow transplantation for multiple myeloma: An analysis of risk factors that affected patient outcomes at UMMC
Clinical vignette – Avani Patel. When renal function fades like a vapor in the wind: A case of vaping associated propylene glycol induced AIN

Clinical vignettes - Christopher DeGroat, MD, PGY III. The Perfect Storm
Clinical research - Janelle Bennett, MD, hematology/oncology fellow. An Evaluation of Obesity's Association with Prostate Cancer-Associated Mortality and Racial Disparity in Mississippi Counties
Quality improvement - Kelly Pippin, MD, PGY II. Prioritizing AM Lab Draws for Patients Pending Discharge on an Inpatient Ward Service.

Basic science research - Talal Younes. The Role of the Homeobox Transcription Factor TGIF in the Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Diabetes
Clinical research - Clark Henegan, MD, PGY VI, hematology/oncology fellow. 2003-12 Mortality-to-Incidence Ratios for Breast, Colorectal and Cervical Cancer in Core Delta Counties Compared to non-Delta Mississippi Counties
Clinical vignettes - Tara Lewis, MD, PGY III. Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia Mimicking COPD Exacerbation
Quality improvement - Ben Horton, MD, PGY III. Evaluating Perceptions of and Barriers to Successful Inpatient Glycemic Control Among Resident Physician

Basic science research - Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz, 1st-year nephrology fellow. Protective Role of Acute Testosterone Infusion during Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Clinical research - Avnish Tripathi, 3rd-year resident. The Association of HIV and HCV Co-Infection with Cardiometabolic Outcomes - a Double Whammy!
Clinical vignettes - Brandon Lennep, 2nd-year resident. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Electrical Storm as a Complication of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Quality improvement - Blair Laufer, 3rd-year Keesler AFB resident. Hepatitis C Amongst Military Retirees: To Screen or Not to Screen?

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