MSUCHM Office of Research

MSU Research Day Award Winners!

Flint
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Saginaw

Flint

Best Case Oral Presentation - First Place

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Recognition and Management of Tetanus in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Ranjan Monga MD, Mahesh Sharman MD, Walid Abuhammour MD, Ahmad Kaddurah MD, Brian Nolan MD, George Zureikat MD

Best Case Oral Presentation - Second Place

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Co-existent Cesarean Scar Pregnancy and Intrauterine Pregnancy
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Reda Alami MD, Mostafa Abuzeid MD, Mohamed Mitwally MD

Best Case Poster Presentation - First Place

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A Rare Case of Rapidly Progressing Posterior Mediastinal Sarcoma
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Mohammed Shaik MD, Jawad Ilyas MD, Peram Venkat MD

Best Case Poster Presentation - Second Place

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Hemorrhagic Adrenal Pseudocyst
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
James Chalk MD, MS, Jeffrey Gauvin MD, Ernesto Quiachon MD

Best Study Oral Presentation - First Place

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Crash Analysis Of Child Safety Seat Protection For Children In Hip Spica Casts
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Patrick Atkinson PhD, Julie Zielinski MD, MS, Justin Sybesma MD, Glenn Oliver MS, Trevor Banka MD, Andrew Fras MD, John Houghtaling MD, Joe Kowalczyk , Kevin Xie , Norman Walter MD

Best Study Oral Presentation - Second Place

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FFP Does Not Improve Survival in Coagulopathy of TBI
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
William Bowling MD

Best Study Poster Presentation - First Place

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Comparative Analysis Of Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Mapping (M) Between Colon Cancer (CCA) And Rectal Cancers (RCA): A Prospective Trial
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Mehul Patel MD, Sukamal Saha MD, FACS,, Vijay Karia MD, Sandeep Grewal MD, Maher Ghanem MD, Thomas Beutler MD, Anton Bilchik MD, PhD, Clark Hehner MD, Rajesh Sehgal MD, David Wiese MD, PhD

Best Study Poster Presentation - Second Place

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Prealbumin as A Potential Marker of Successful Extubation in Trauma and Surgical Patients
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Albert Wong Biological

Faculty Investigator Award - Genesys

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Frank Borschke MD
Department of Emergency Medicine

Faculty Investigator Award - Hurley

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Walid Abuhammour MD
Department of Pediatrics

Ghassan Bachuwa MD
Department of Internal Medicine

Faculty Investigator Award - McLaren

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Radhika Kakarala MD
Department of Internal Medicine

Faculty/Health Profession - Best Oral Presentation

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Description of an Emergency Department Based Health and Legal Intervention Pilot Program for the Uninsured
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Manya Newton MD MPH, Shivani Choudhary MD, Ramin Motarjemi MD, Michael Jaggi DO, Rachel Stanley MD MHSA

Faculty/Health Profession - Best Poster Presentation

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Effects of a 25gauge Whitacure Spinal Needle to Meet Home Discharge Criteria for Surgical Outpatients Having a Hyperbaric Lidocaine Spinal
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Doddi Brewer Masters, Sarah Haggerty Masters, Debra Marsh Masters, David Saraceno Masters

Medical Student Invistigator Research Award - First Place

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Prealbumin as A Potential Marker of Successful Extubation in Trauma and Surgical Patients
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Albert Wong Biological

Medical Student Invistigator Research Award - Second Place

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Ovarian Suspension During Laparoscopic Conservative Surgery for Endometriosis-Associated Infertility: A cohort of 59 consecutive cases
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Mohamed Mitwally MD, Kami Palmer BA

Nurse Investigator Award

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Provider Adherence To Treatment And Self-Care Standards And Patient Self Care
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Ragni Bundesmann RN PhD MPH

Resident Investigator Award - Genesys

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Karen Huang DO
Department of Internal Medicine

Resident Investigator Award - Hurley

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Ranjan Monga MD
Department of Pediatrics

Nishant Kalra MD
Department of Internal Medicine

Resident Investigator Award - McLaren

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Sreenivasa Chandana MD
Department of Internal Medicine

Specialty Award - Combined Medicine Pediatrics

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Case Presentation of Fanconi Anemia in A Child Diagnosed As VATERL Association
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Muhammad Rafiuddin MD, Nikechi Onwuzurike MD

Specialty Award - Emergency Medicine

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Vertebral Artery Dissection and Cerebellar Infarction Following Cervical Self-manipulation.
Genesys Regional Medical Center

Authors
Amy Kaluza DO, Brian McColgan DO, James Webley MD

Specialty Award - Family Practice

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Implementation of Pediatric and Adolescent Latent Tuberculosis Screening Guidelines in an Urban Family Health Center
Genesys Regional Medical Center

Authors
Scott Strom DO

Specialty Award - Internal Medicine

Specialty Award - Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Co-existent Cesarean Scar Pregnancy and Intrauterine Pregnancy
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Reda Alami MD, Mostafa Abuzeid MD, Mohamed Mitwally MD

Specialty Award - Orthopedic Surgery

Specialty Award - Pediatrics

Specialty Award - Psychology

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All's Fair In Love And Discipline: Development Of An Empirical Hierarchy For Discipline Fairness And Frequency
McLaren Regional Medical Center

Authors
Jared Skillings PhD

Specialty Award - Radiology

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BB Embolus to Internal Carotid Artery in a 12-Year-Old Boy without Immediate Neurologic Sequelae: A Case Report
Hurley Medical Center

Authors
Venkat Tummala MD, Sharath Bidari MD

Specialty Award - Surgery

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COSMIC: Covered Stents to Exclude Pseudoaneurysms of Hemodialysis Access
Genesys Regional Medical Center

Authors
Johan Aerts DO, Russell Becker DO

Grand Rapids

Founders Bank & Trust Award
Founders Bank & Trust Community Impact Award
Effectiveness of Patient Decision Making of Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: The Importance of Patient Trust of Physician
Richard Martin, MD, MA

GRMERC Awards
Best Practicing Professional Presentation
Effectiveness of Patient Decision Making of Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: The Importance of Patient Trust of Physician
Richard Martin, MD, MA

Best Resident Physician Paper Presentation
Cytokine Profiles of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with and without Mixed Lymphocyte Reactions
Svetlana Gagin, MD; Aly Mageed, MD; Daniel Pietryga, MD; Richard West, MS

Best Resident Physician Poster Presentation
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Provides Early Protective Antibody Responses in Children after Related and Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Ulrich Duffner, MD; Daniel Pietryga, MD

MSU Student Awards
Best MSU Student Clinical Presentation
Incidental GIST of the Stomach Discovered at the Time of Operation for Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Case Series
Rebecca Hasse, MSIII; Mark Song, MSIII; Donald Ngo, MSIII; Mathew Chung, MD, FACS; Jaime Bedford, MD; Jennifer Kretschman, MSIII

Best MSU Student Case Presentation
Late-onset Group B Streptococcal Meningitis and Bacteremia
Megan Mroczkowski, MSIII; Karen Dahl, MD; Karen Vanderlaan, MD

GVSU Student Awards
Best GVSU Student Clinical Presentation – 1st Place
Expression of the Neutrophil Inflamatory Marker, CD64, in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Jason May, PA-S; Rob Deshane, BSN, RN, PAS; Alex Turnipseed, PAS; J. Roys, MT-ASCP, QCS; M. Warrzynski, MD

Best GVSU Student Clinical Presentation – 2nd Place
Physician Assistant Students' Perceptions of Their Ability and Confidence of Tobacco Cessation Interventions at Grand Valley State University
Delmer Garcia, PA-S; Michael Beckley, PA-S; Wallace Boeve, BS, MPA

Best GVSU Student Case Presentation – 1st Place
Fabry Disease, An Under Recognized, Under Diagnosed Disorder: A Case Study and Discussion
Kristen Snell, PA-S; Rajkumar Dasgupta, MD
Session 3:30 PM, Room H

Best GVSU Student Case Presentation – 2nd Place
Guillian Barre Syndrome with Miller-Fisher Variant in a 40-Year-Old Female
Kristin Cox, PA-S; Raj Dasgupta, MD

FSU Student Awards
FSU Student Presentation - 1st Place
Assessment of Hemoglobin Levels in Patients Treated for Anemia Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease
Sarah Zylstra, BS; Natalie Paul, PharmD, BCPS

FSU Student Presentation - 2nd Place
Evaluation of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Inpatients with a Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease
Robert Fritz, PharmD-c; Natalie Paul, PharmD, BCPS

Resident Awards
Best Emergency Medicine Presentation
Decreased Mental Status and Constipation in an Elderly Man: Heads or Tails?
Janda Stevens, MD; Jeffrey Jones, MD; Matt Flannigan, MD

Pediatrics - Best Clinical Presentation
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Provides Early Protective Antibody Responses in Children after Related and Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Ulrich Duffner, MD; Daniel Pietryga, MD

Pediatrics - Best Case Presentation
Opportunistic Infections in an Infant on ACTH Therapy for Infantile Spasms
Joni Oberlin, MD; Karen Dahl, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery - Best Clinical Presentation
Open Reduction Internal Fixation vs Primary Arthrodesis of LisFranc Joint Injuries: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Jeff Henning, MD; Cliff Jones, MD; John Anderson, MD; Don Bohay, MD; Mike McDermott, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery - Best Case Presentation
Custom Talus Prosthesis Following Open Talar Extrusion in a Pediatric Patient
Benjamin Stevens, MD; Christopher Dolan, MD; John Anderson, MD; Charles Bukrey, MD

General Surgery - Best Clinical Presentation
Sestimibi Localization of Parathyroid Adenomas in the Community Setting
Derek Nagle, MD; Dan Borreson, MD

General Surgery - Best Case Presentation
Closure of a Massive Abdominal Wall Defect Using Human Acellular Dermal Matrix Following Excision of an Abdominal Wall Tumor
Shannon Armstrong, MD; Rocco Piazza, MD; David Shifrin, MD; Jeffrey Gawel, MD; Benjamin Rechner, MD

Radiology - Best Clinical Presentation
Normal Anatomic Variation at the C1-C2 Level
in a Non-Traumatic Pediatric Population
John Sherwood, MD; Mike Macke, MD; Joe Junewick, MD

Radiology - Best Case Presentation
Distintive Radiographic Findings of Cervicovaginal
Myofibroblastoma
Dev Batra, MD

Plastic Surgery - Best Clinical Presentation
Correction of Post-Augmentation Subpectoral Breast Animation by Conversion to a Subglandular Pocket: Results and Complications
Remus Repta, MD; Dennis Hammond, MD

Plastic Surgery - Best Case Presentation
Angiomyxoma Diagnosed in a Man Presenting for Abdominal Lipectomy
L. Albert Andres, MD; Mithilesh Mishra, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology Presentation - 1st Place
Lymph Node Counts in Endometrial Cancer Staging
Sylvia Castro, MD; Jay Carlson, DO; Barbara Doss, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology Presentation - 2nd Place
Nongestational Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of the Uterus
In a Postmenopausal Female
Eric Jentoft, MD; Charles Harrison, MD, FOCOG

Internal Medicine - Best Paper Presentation
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
TaLawnda Thompson, MD; Benjamin Horn, MD

Internal Medicine - Best Poster Presentation
Characterization of In Vitro and In Vivo Metabolic Pathways of the Investigational Anticancer Agent, 2-Methoxyestradiol
Nehal Lakhani, MD, PhD; Alex Sparreboom, PhD; Xia Xu, PhD; Timothy Veenstra, PhD;
Jurgen Venitz, MD, PhD; William Dahut, MD; William Figg, PharmD

Med/Peds - Best Clinical Presentation
The Frequency of Adverse Effects Related to Anti-epileptic Medication Usage in Patients after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorage
Jane Post, MD; Timothy Thoits, MD

Med/Peds - Best Case Presentation
Diagnostic Dilemma of Tuberculosis Periotonitis
Seena Davies, MD; Mimi Emig, MD

Transitional Year Presentation - 1st Place
Analysis of Left Atrial Size by CTA Utilizing Planar
& Volumetric Measurements
Nadia Yusaf, MD; Ryan Hoenicke, MD; Leena Mammen, MD

Transitional Year Presentation - 2nd Place
Linear Atrophoderma of Moulin: A Case Report
Melinda Simon, MD; Tor Shwayder, MD, FAAP, FAAD

Fellowship Award
Best Fellowship Research Presentation
Impact of Educational Programs and Insurance Coverage on
Screening Colonoscopy Rates
Michael Ott, MD, M.Sc.; Luchtefeld Martin, MD; Donald Kim, MD;
Nadav Dujovny, MD; Jon Fox, MD, MHA

Kalamazoo

Best Overall
Simulation-Based Assessment of Paramedic Pediatric Resuscitation Skills
Richard Lammers, William Fales, Maria Byrwa, Robert Hale

1st Place Oral Presentation
Hyperchylomicronemia and Plasmapheresis in a Pregnant Woman with Pancreatitis
Kristina Todorova-Koteva, Kelvin Hsu, Lee Bricker

2nd Place Oral Presentation
Urinary Ethyl Glucuronide Levels after Typical Hand Washing with Hand Sanitizer in Healthcare Settings
Michael R. Liepman, Prasanti Tatini, Remitha Charoth, Kenneth Fore, Uma Suryadevara, Paul Valbuena

3rd Place Oral Presentation
Perinatal Status & Help-Seeking for Domestic Violence
Cathy Kothari, Karin Rhodes, Catherine Cerulli, Steven Marcus, James Wiley

1st Place Poster Presentation
A Case Presentation of Prepubertal Menarche
Tina Nichols, Manmohan K. Kamboj

2nd Place Poster Presentation
Syringomyelia Associated Scoliosis with and without the Arnold Chiarai I Malformation
Omar H. Akhtar, Dale E. Rowe

3rd Place Poster Presentation
Erythromelalgia Mimicking Cellulitis: A Case Report
Bantu Chhangani, Thomas Melgar, Mary Moore

Best Case Presentation
Hyperchylomicronemia and Plasmapheresis in a Pregnant Woman with Pancreatitis
Kristina Todorova-Koteva, Kelvin Hsu, Lee Bricker

Best Medical Humanities Presentation
Aristotle's Contributions to Medical Knowledge and Pursuits
Kathryn F. Krezoski, Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

Best Medical Student Presentation
Time Trends and Risk Factors of the Development of Disordered Eating in College Students
Erin Ruth, EmmaLeigh Smith, Rebecca Palacios, Ailese Scott

Best Western Michigan University Student Presentation
Removal of Odor-Induced Activity in Zebrafish via Naris Occlusion
David Karr, Christine Byrd-Jacobs

Program Awards

Best General Surgery Presentation
Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair: A Simplified Technique
Arun J. Rao, Camela A. Rao, Mohamed Elgamal, Alan A. Saber

Best Internal Medicine Presentation
Hyperchylomicronemia and Plasmapheresis in a Pregnant Woman with Pancreatitis
Kristina Todorova-Koteva, Kelvin Hsu, Lee Bricker

Best Medicine/Pediatrics Presentation
Erythromelalgia Mimicking Cellulitis: A Case Report
Bantu Chhangani, Thomas Melgar, Mary Moore

Best Orthopaedic Surgery Presentation
Syringomyelia Associated Scoliosis with and without the Arnold Chiarai I Malformation
Omar H. Akhtar, Dale E. Rowe

Best Pediatrics Presentation
A Case Presentation of Prepubertal Menarche
Tina Nichols, Manmohan K. Kamboj

Best Psychiatry Presentation
Urinary Ethyl Glucuronide Levels after Typical Hand Washing with Hand Sanitizer in Healthcare Settings
Michael R. Liepman, Prasanti Tatini, Remitha Charoth, Kenneth Fore, Uma Suryadevara, Paul Valbuena

Lansing

Oral Presentation 1st Prize
Catalina Bernal-Schmidt, DO
OB/GYN Resident

Oral Presentation 2nd Prize
Geetha Chilakamarri, MD
Family Practice Resident
Patricia Manhire, DO
Emergency Medicine Resident

Best Case Study Poster
Shalabh Chandra, MD
Internal Medicine Resident

Best Poster
Sujeeth Punnam, MD
Cardiology Fellowship

Best Medical Student Poster
Jack Talsma and Matthew T. Stepanovich, Medical Students
CHM
Rachel Rosenbaum, Medical Student
COM

Best Medical Student Oral Presentation
Erick Rivas, Medical Student
CHM

Saginaw

Resident Presentations

Best Research Study by a Resident
:"Intra-abdominal Pressure Analysis During Everyday Activities" by Robert Guttormson, M.D., Department of General Surgery

Best Case Study by a Resident
"Right Atrial Myxoma and Atrial Septal Defect" by Muhammad Asim Khan, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine

Student Presentations

Best Research Study by a Medical Student
"Impact of Nurse Regulated Feeding (NRF) on Growth Velocity and Weight Gain of 1200g - 1500g Preterm Infants" by Roy Cho, MS-III, St. Matthew's University School of Medicine.

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