Research Academic Half Day adds oral vignettes to poster competition for 2024

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Social Hall served as the venue for this year’s poster competition, May 23, among Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus resident physicians, with four oral presentations capping things off for the finale in Lecture Hall 5403.

See below for a 2024 Internal Medicine Research Academic Half Day mini-photo gallery and link to larger photo album at the Department of Medicine flickr webpage. This report was amended to add the winners, who’ll you’ll also find listed below.

The first-ever oral vignettes as part of the day’s festivities included presenters and their topics:

Hoang Nhat Pham, MD | “Dual Versus Triple Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Updated Meta-Analysis of randomized Controlled Trials” — Coauthors: Ramzi Ibrahim, MD; Enkhtsogt Sainbayar, DO; Natalie Hickerson, MD; Mamas A. Mamas, BMBCh, MA, DPhil; and Kwan Lee, MD
Brandon Witten, MD | “Metachronous Advanced Neoplasia Rates in Small Polyps” — Coauthors: Samuel Cheong, DO; Diane Rodde, MD; Rodrigo Alvarez, DO; Avin Aggarwal, MD; and Joshua Melson, MD
Sabrina Soin, DO | “United States County-Level Social Vulnerability and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality” — Coauthors: Ramzi Ibrahim, MD; Audrey Atkins, MD; Nathan Walton, MD; Enkhtsogt Sainbayar, DO; Hoang Nhat Pham, MD; Vinita Kusupati, MD; João Paulo Ferreira, MD; and See-Wei Low, MD
Sabrina Soin, DO | “Interstitial Lung Disease Mortality Disparties Along the United States-Mexico Border, 1999-2020” — Coauthors: Ramzi Ibrahim, MD; Hoang Nhat Pham, MD; Enkhtsogt Sainbayar, DO; Vinita Kusupati, MD; João Paulo Ferreira, MD; and See-Wei Low, MD

[Image of flyer for this event] Judges for the oral presentations included three from the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine – Joshua Malo, MD, Salma Patel, MD, MPH, and Laura Meinke, MD – and the Division of Cardiology’s Michel Corban, MD. Drs. Malo and Meinke are associate program director and program director for the IM Residency Program, with Dr. Meinke also serving as DOM associate vice chair for education.

Preceding the oral presentations was the poster contest, with several other faculty members or fellows participating as judges and pizza served as food for the mind if not the soul. Among them were (with their divisions): DOM Chair James Liao, MD (Cardiology); Eric Brucks, MD (Inpatient Medicine, SAVAHCS); Olivia Hung, MD, PhD (Cardiology); Kevin Moynahan, MD (General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine); J.R. Exequiel “Keng” Pineda, MD, PhD (Cardiology); Franz Rischard, DO (PACCS); Ernest Vina, MD (Rheumatology); and Anthony Witten, DO (Inpatient Medicine).

Chief resident Brendan Andres, MD, who emceed most of the event’s activities, including the poster and oral presentations, will announce winners of both contests during Academic Half Day on June 13. Other chief residents, Mario Jaramillo, MD, Vinita Kusupati, MD, Kevin J. Moynahan, MD, and Chelsea Takamatsu, MD, also participated.

Winners of IM Research Academic Half Day Announced | June 13, 2024

Here are the 2024 Internal Medicine Research Academic Half Day winners:

Best Case Report/Series | Amith Rao, MD, PGY-2: “Concurrent Stage III Unresectable Duodenal Adenocarcinoma and Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treated With Combination of Imatinib and mFOLFIRI”

Best Original Research Study | Swathi Jothi, MBBS, PGY-3: “Post-acute Sequelae of SARS Co-V2 and Chronic Fatigue/Myalgic Encephalitis Share Similar Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Exercise Limitation”

Best Quality Improvement Study | Joshua Sethi, MD, MS, PGY-2: “Closing the Gap in Heart Failure Care: Nudge Interventions for VA Clinicians”

Rising Researcher (PGY-1 Primary Author) | Elizabeth Mata, MD, Preliminary Intern: “Cutaneous reactions to GLP-1 agonists: A Systematic Review”

Senior Scientist (PGY-2/3 Primary Author) | Simar Singh, MD, MS, PhD, PGY-2: “Immune Modulation to Treat Ischemic Heart Failure”

Best Oral Presentation | Brandon Witten, MD, PGY-2: “Metachronous Advanced Neoplasia Rates in Small Polyps”

Best Intern Case Report | Tom Marco, DO, PGY-1: “Refractory Hemolytic Anemia in Setting of DiGeorge Syndrome (Partial 22q11.2 deletion)”