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2008 Research Day Winners

MSU/FAME Community Research Forum

Best Case Oral Presentation - First Place
Coronary Artery Disease And Its Association With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, Peripheral Arterial Disease And Cerebrovascular Disease
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
James Chalk MD, Carlo Dall'olmo MD, Brenda Buckle ANP BC, Joanne Drago LPN RVT FS, Ann Innskeep RVT

Best Case Oral Presentation - Second Place
DeQuervain's Syndrome As A Post-Operative Complication Of Trapeziodal Metacarpal (TMC) Interpositional Arthroplasty
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Julie Zielinski MD, MS, George Dass MD

Best Case Poster Presentation - First Place
Congratulations!
Comparative Analysis of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping In Breast Cancer By Lymphazurin and Methylene Blue- A Prospective Study
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Scott Carpenter DO, Sukamal Saha MD, Saad Sirop MD, Maher Ghanem MD

Best Case Poster Presentation - Second Place
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Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Ali Eskandar MBCHB, Hossam Hafez MD, Radhika Kakarala MD

Best Study Oral Presentation - First Place
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Is Spanking Harmful Or Not: Results From The Empirical Literature And A Study Of 900 Children
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Jared Skillings PhD

Best Study Oral Presentation - Second Place
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Clinical Criteria Can Predict the Need for Invasive Testing for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
William Bowling MD, Ebon Wallace-Talifarro BA, Roxanne Buterakos BCNP, Farouck Obeid MD

Best Study Poster Presentation - First Place
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Role Of Providers Education In Improving Medication Reconciliation And Documentation
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Esra Olgun MD, Radhika Kakarala MD, MS, Naveed Iqbal MD, Vivian Chukwuani MD, Prajesh Patel MD

Best Study Poster Presentation - Second Place
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To Eat Or Not To Eat: Examining The Relationship Of BMI Level To Eating Habits And Self-Image
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Jared Skillings PhD, Anthony Reyes MD

Faculty Investigator Award - Genesys
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Heather Kirkpatrick PhD ABPP
Department of Internal Medicine

Faculty Investigator Award - Hurley
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Ahmad Kaddurah MD
Department of Pediatrics

William Bowling MD
Department of Trauma Services

Faculty Investigator Award - McLaren
Congratulations!
Patrick J Atkinson PhD
Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Sukamal Saha MD
Department of Surgery

Faculty/Health Profession - Best Oral Presentation
Congratulations!
Survey of Physicians on Local Substance Abuse Issues
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Jenny Lachance MS, Tiffany Ceja MS, Kay Taylor PhD

Faculty/Health Profession - Best Poster Presentation
Congratulations!
Comparative Study Of Quality Of Care In Uninsured Diabetics Versus Insured Diabetics
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Radhika Kakarala MD, Shivani Bhutani MD, Rimmy Rai MD

Medical Student Investigator Research Award - First Place
Congratulations!
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Breast: the Mayo Clinic Experience
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Cecily Clark BS, Michele Halyard MD, Wiliam Wong MD, Scott Crader MD, Judith Kaur MD, Christopher Conley MD

Medical Student Investigator Research Award - Second Place
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An Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension-like Syndrome Associated With a Large Intra-abdominal Ovarian Cystadenoma
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
David Kudrow MD, Courtney Schusse BS

Nurse Investigator Award
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Epics I - Evaluation of Unsuspected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Patients Who Have Undergone Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Brenda Buckle RN, MSN, A

Resident Investigator Award - Genesys
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Nathan Landesman DO
Department of Gastroenterology

Resident Investigator Award - Hurley
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Margaret Beran MD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Jawad Ilyas MD
Department of Internal Medicine

Resident Investigator Award - McLaren
Congratulations!
Saad Sirop MD
Department of Internal Medicine

Specialty Award - Combined Medicine Pediatrics
Congratulations!
Epileptic Encephalopathy Associated With Infantile Spasm Responsive to ACTH : A Case Report
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Salwa Gendi , Ahmad Kaddurah

Specialty Award - Emergency Medicine
Congratulations!
Can Acute Myocardial Infarction Be Ruled out After Two Negative Troponins
Genesys Regional Medical Center

Authors
Dominic Tomburrini DO, Michael Jule DO

Specialty Award - Family Practice
Congratulations!
To Eat Or Not To Eat: Examining The Relationship Of BMI Level To Eating Habits And Self-Image
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Jared Skillings PhD, Anthony Reyes MD

Specialty Award - Internal Medicine
Congratulations!
Role Of Providers Education In Improving Medication Reconciliation And Documentation
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Esra Olgun MD, Radhika Kakarala MD, MS, Naveed Iqbal MD, Vivian Chukwuani MD, Prajesh Patel MD

Specialty Award - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Congratulations!
Twin Gestation With A Normal Fetus and Complete Mole: A Case Presentation
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Molly Beran MD, Frederico Rocha MD, Ivana Vettraino MD

Specialty Award - Orthopedic Surgery
Congratulations!
Biomechanical Analysis Of Various Locked Volar Plates For Fixation Of Dorsally Comminuted Distal Radius Fractures
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
David Martineau MD, Casey Beran MD, Patrick Atkinson PhD, Allison Tenfelde MD, George Dass MD, Shrishail Nashi , Albert Hsu

Specialty Award - Pediatrics
Congratulations!
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: an Underdiagnosed Potentially Fatal Disease.
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Faisal Mawri MD, Nida Yousef MD, Susumu Inoue MD, Nkechi Onwuzurike MD

Specialty Award - Psychology
Congratulations!
Is Spanking Harmful Or Not: Results From The Empirical Literature And A Study Of 900 Children
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Jared Skillings PhD

Specialty Award - Radiology
Congratulations!
Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Plastic-for-Metal Stent Exchange Utilizing Balloon Cholangioplasty: A Novel Technique
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Venu Vadlamudi MD, Pc Shetty MD

Specialty Award - Surgery
Congratulations!
Clinical Criteria Can Predict the Need for Invasive Testing for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
William Bowling MD, Ebon Wallace-Talifarro BA, Roxanne Buterakos BCNP, Farouck Obeid MD

Grand Rapids Community Health Research Day

Founders Bank & Trust Award
Ticlopidine Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Ali Haider MD, Mark Spoolstra MD, Atif Rizwan MD

Best Practicing Professional Presentation
RCT for Intermittent versus Continuous Propofol Sedation for
Pediatric Brain and Spine MRI Studies
Nabil Hassan MD, Morgan Cole PharmD, Kim Winterhalter-Rzeszutko MD, Bradford Betz MD, John Kopec MD, Dominic Sanfilippo MD, Scott Curtis MD, Robert Fitzgerald MD, Richard Hackbarth MD, Norma Maxvold MD, Michaeel Stoiko MD, John Winters MD, Cloe Rozeboom RN, Jeni Wincek RN, MSN Best Clinical

Presentation
Best Body Site to Measure Transcutaneous Bilirubin (TcB) in Term Neonates
Juan P. Ruiz MD, Heather Helton MD, Amanda McClure MS-IV, Jelanie Bush MS-IV, Alan T. Davis PhD, William Stratbucker MD, Ed Cox MD

Best Educational Presentation
Assessment of High Fidelity Simulation in Health Professionals’ Education
Jennifer Jones PA-S, Jordan Stevenson PA-S, Beth Leffingwell PA-S,
Theresa Bacon-Baguley PhD

Best Basic Science Presentation
Assessing the Accuracy of the Medrad MRI Compatible Pump (Continuum Pump) in Delivery of IV Sedation Solutions
Andrea Pearson MS-III, Linnelle Veldhouse MS-III, Andrea Olson MS-III, Peter Freswick MS-III, Lynn Zeits MS-III, Richard Hackbarth MD

Best Case Presentation
Breast Infection with Atypical Mycobacterium following Reduction Mammaplasty
Scott Farber MD, Bradley Bengtson MD

Best MSU-CHM Student Research Presentation
Anaylsis of Differentially Expressed Genes in the Pathogenesis of Basal Cell Carcinoma
Jack Talsma MS-III, Robert Van Haren MS-III, Animesh Sinha MD

Best MSU-CHM Student Case Presentation
Intraoperative Octreotide Gamma Probe Detection of a Recurrent Non-Functional Neuroendocrine Tumor
Robert Van Haren MS-III, Timothy Fitzgerald MD

Best GVSU PA Presentation 1st Place
Confidence Levels of GVSU PA Students with their Education and
Counseling Skills Regarding CAM Mike Grotenrath PA-S, Tim Pebbles PA-S, Tessa Zielke PA-S, Wallace Boeve PhD

Best GVSU PA Presentation 2nd Place
A Qualitative Analysis of the Mizizi Maji Mentoring Program
at Baxter Community Center
Jill Tallman PA-S, Giuseppa LoRe PA-S, Bryan Tran PA-S,
Theresa Bacon-Baguley PhD

Best GVSU PA Presentation 3rd Place
The Consumption of DHA During Pregnancy and Lactation Among
Low Income Women in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hanh Nguyen PA-S, Miranda Cristales PA-S, Bethany Eastman PA-S,
Linda Goosen PhD

FSU Student Presentation - 1st Place
Inappropriate Use of Fentanyl Transdermal Systems in Hospitalized Adult Internal Medicine Patients at a Local Teaching Hospital
Sophia Alviar PharmD Candidate, Natalie Paul PharmD, BCPS

Emergency Medicine Research Presentation - 1st Place
Comparative Analysis of Incapacitated versus Forcible Sexual Assault in a
Community-Based Population
Brook Woolley MD, Linda Rossman MSN, Colleen Bush MD, Jeffrey Jones MD

Emergency Medicine Research Presentation - 2nd Place Differentiation of Intracranial Hemorrhage from Traumatic Lumbar
Puncture across the Age Spectrum
Rebecca Andrews-Dickert MD, Dale Ray MD, Jeffrey Jones MD

General Surgery - Best Research Presentation
Chadwick Stouffer MD, M. Ashraf Mansour MD, Mickey Ott MD, Robert Hooker MD, Jill Gorsuch MD, Robert Cuff MD, Alan T. Davis PhD (GRMERC/MSU General Surgery Residency; GRMERC/MSU Vascular Surgery Fellowship; Spectrum Health) Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta Is Safe in High Risk Patients

General Surgery - Best Case Presentation
A Modified "Fistula VAC" Technique for the Management of Multiple Enterocutaneous Fistulas in the Open Abdomen
Rocco C. Piazza MD, Shannon D. Armstrong MD, Evert A. Eriksson MD, Alan T. Davis PhD, Steven L. Ringler MD, Wayne VanderKolk MD

Internal Medicine Presentation - 1st Place
Multiple Myeloma with Renal Failure Bilal Ali MD, Nasir Khan MD

Internal Medicine Presentation - 2nd Place
Acute Idiopathic Splenic Infarction in a Caucasian Female Ramadan Hammoud MD, John Mogor MD, Carlos Tavera MD, Ianthe Arboleda MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology Presentation - 1st Place
Outcomes of Elective Cryopreservation of All Embryos in Women at High Risk of Developing Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome Kelly Wiersema MD, Douglas Daly MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology Presentation - 2nd Place
Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS) and Associated Pulmonary Hypertension, a Report of Three Cases Christina Rexine MD, Joey Rexine MD, Stephen Gelfand MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Presentation - 1st Place
Closed Reduction Percutaneous Pinning of Proximal Humeral Fractures:
Complications and Functional Outcomes Praveen Perni MD, Clifford Jones MD, Debra Sietsema PhD,
James Ringler MD, Terrence Endres MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Presentation - 2nd Place Peri-Operative Resource Utilization in Obese Patients with
Operative Ankle Fracture Treatment
Bryan Pack MD, Clifford Jones MD, Debra Sietsema PhD, Greg Golladay MD,
Terence Endres MD, James Ringler MD

Pediatrics Research Presentation - 1st Place
Shaken Baby Syndrome: Can a Radio Roadblock Be Used as a
Unique Prevention Strategy Danielle Spilotro MD, MS, William Stratbucker MD

Pediatrics Research Presentation - 2nd Place
The Senior Leadership Elective: A Novel Curriculum Addition Created to Allow
for the Development of Clinical, Educational and Administrative
Leadership During Pediatric Residency
Nicole M. Tocco MD, Timur O. Raghib MD, Heather L. Helton, MD, Jeri A. Kessenich, MD, William B. Stratbucker MD, MS

Med-Peds Case Presentation - 1st Place
Long QT Syndrome Type 3 and Dysrhythmia in a Newborn Controlled with Targeted Pharmacologic Therapy and Pacemaker Implantation
Jonathan Todd Johnson MD, Arnold Fenrich MD

Med-Peds Case Presentation - 2nd Place
A Neonate with Double Heterozygote Mutations for Protein S and
Antithrombin III Deficiencies
Cindy Anderson MD, MS, Timothy O’Rourke MD, David Dickens MD

Plastic Surgery - Best Research Presentation
Managing a Difficult Post-Harvest Latissimus Dorsi Donor Site Roderick Urbaniak MD, Dennis Hammond MD

Plastic Surgery - Best Case Presentation
Sternal Salvage with Rigid Fixation in the Setting of a Massive
Mediastinal Aortic Pseudoaneurysm David Shifrin MD, Chadwick Stouffer MD, John Renucci MD

Radiology - Best Research Presentation
Triple Rule Out Pilot Study
Jerrell Ingalls MD, Mike Brown MD, Leena Mammen MD

Radiology - Best Case Presentation
Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
Doug Lukins MD, Zdravko Skrtic MD

Transitional Year Presentation - 1st Place
Incidence of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis after Neurosurgical Procedures in Infants Indu Rekha Meesa MD MS, Joseph J. Junewick MD

Transitional Year Presentation - 2nd Place
Epiglottitis in a 17 Month-Old Hispanic Female
Jeff Allen Beck MD, Jeri Kessenich MD

Best Fellowship Research Presentation
Natural History and Management of Popliteal Aneurysms
Jason Slaikeu MD, M. Ashraf Mansour MD, John Guerriero DO, Katherine Sage MS,
Jill Gorsuch MD, Robert Cuff MD, Robert Cali MD

26th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day Best Overall Alphabetic and Contracted Braille Study
Robert Wall Emerson (WMU)

2nd Place Oral Presentation
Impact of New Resuscitation Guidelines on Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
Christina Preusz, William Fales

3rd Place Oral Presentation
How Likely Are Pediatricians To Screen For Postpartum Depression
Arthur Feinberg, Jill Weatherhead

1st Place Poster Presentation
The Use of Photoionization Detector to Detect Harmful Volatile Chemicals by Emergency Personnel
Neil Patel (UM), William Fales, Robert Farrel

2nd Place Poster Presentation
Changes in Olfactory Epithelium Thickness After Triton-X100 Treatments: A Novel Approach to Adult Zebrafish Olfactory Bulb Dafferentation
Tania Iqbal (WMU), Christine Byrd-Johnson

3rd Place Poster Presentation
The Impact of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act on Emergency Medicine Resident Applicant Behavior and Standardized Letter of Recommendation Outcomes - A Pilot Study
Jessica Diab, David Overton

Best Case Presentation
Isolated Popliteus Muscle Rupture with Neurovascular Compression Requiring Surgical Decompression
Matthew Bollier, Todd Ream, Gregory Hodgman

Best Medical Humanities Presentation
Teaching Medicine Through the History of Disease. An Innovative Approach to Medical Education
Luis Toledo, Craig Kaml, Kieran Fogarty

Best Medical Student Presentation
Influence of Demographic Factors on Prenatal Care Provider Screening Practices for Perinatal Depression
Ivonne Diaz, Carolyn Mullonkal, Sarika Patel, Binisa Shah, Michael Liepman, Remitha Charoth, Catherine Kothari, Nancy Wallace, Ruvie Martinez, Susan Thayer, Anam Tareen, Dragana Urdarevik, Dima Akl

Best Western Michigan University Student Presentation
Changes in Olfactory Epithelium Thickness After Triton-X100 Treatments: A Novel Approach to Adult Zebrafish Olfactory Bulb Dafferentation
Tania Iqbal (WMU), Christine Byrd-Johnson

Program Awards

Best Emergency Medicine Presentation
Impact of New Sesuscitation Guidelines on Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
Christina Preusz, William Fales

Best Family Medicine Presentation
What Are We Doing Right? An Examination of the Pregnancy Risk Factors And Outcomes In a Family Medicine Population
Megan Bayrd, Jane Hanneken, Catherine Kothari

Best General Surgery Presentation
Mapping of Anterior Abdominal Wall Ventral Hernia Defect: CT Scan VS Laparoscopy
Mohamed Elgamal, Alan Saber, Michael Jennewein

Best Internal Medicine Presentation
Methyldopa Induced Hepatitis in Pregnancy
Corie Eklov, Richard Roach

Best Medicine/Pediatrics Presentation
Tuberculosis Presenting with Multiple Intracranial Tuberculomas and a Single Intraspinal Tuberculoma in a Previously Healthy Pediatric Patient - A Case Report
Richmond Gyamfi, Sreenath Meegada, Saad Siddiqui, Stephen Ross

Best Orthopaedic Surgery Presentation
Long-Term Results of Iliac Wing Fixation Below Extensive Fusions in Ambulatory Adult Patients With Spinal Disorders
Lacey Rao, Michael Kasten

Best Pediatrics Presentation
How likely are Pediatricians to Screen for Postpartum Depression?
Arthur Feinberg, Jill Weatherhead

Best Psychiatry Presentation
HIV & HCV Risk Reduction for Injection Drug Users In Residential Drug Treatment Settings
Robert Booth, Barbara Campbell, Susan Mikulich-Gilbertson, Michael Liepman, Nancy Wallace, Jim Brundirks

Lansing Community Research Day

1st place Oral Presenter: Jack Rubinstein, MD, MSU Cardiology Fellowship

2nd place Oral Presenter: Brent Felton, DO, Sparrow Emergency Medicine Residency

Best Poster: Preeti K. Jhaveri, MD, Sparrow OB/GYN Residency

Best Research Case Study was a tie between:
Erin Sarzynski, MD and Neethi Sural, MD both from the MSU Internal Medicine Residency

Best Medical Student Research: Eric Marrotte, MSU COM year 3

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