Rocky Mountain Healthcare Symposium
The Rocky Mountain Healthcare Symposium is hosted in the Denver Metro Area annually at the end of March/early April. In 2024, it was held on March 29th at The Medical Center of Aurora. It combines GME programs from five states: Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri. The symposium is specialty agnostic, providing an opportunity for residents and fellows to network with others in healthcare outside of their area of expertise. In 2024, the symposium included research presentations from residents and fellows, two poster sessions, and a competitive journal club. The results of the 2024 symposium are below.
Oral Presentation Competition Winners:
- 1st Place: Pharmacoepidemiology of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists presented by Nicholas Woessner, DO - Family Medicine at Research Medical Center, MidAmerica Division
- 2nd Place: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Associations and Risk Factors presented by Erik Aranda-Michel, DO - Internal Medicine at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Mountain Division
- 3rd Place: Examination of Possible Risk Factors Associated with Incidence of Cecal Volvulus Within the United States presented by Maxwell Otto, MD - Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at St. Mark’s Hospital, Mountain Division
Poster Competition Winners:
- 1st Place: Controversies in Care: A Complex Case of Infective Endocarditis in Bicuspid Aortic Valve presented by Cassandra Knott, MD - Internal Medicine at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Mountain Division
- 2nd Place: Perforated Marginal Ulcer Resulting in a Gastropericardial Fistula: Endoscopic Management of a Rare Complication After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass presented by Maximillian Starr, DO - General Surgery at Overland Park Regional Medical Center MidAmerica Division
- 3rd Place: Fire on the Mountain: A Case of Breakbone Fever in Colorado presented by Jacob Keeling, MD - Internal Medicine at Sky Ridge Medical Center, Continental Division
Winner - Competitive Journal Club:
- Trevi Mancilla, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Mountain Division
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Case of Metastatic Eshophageal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Multiple Cavitary Lung Lesions
Michael L. Ahrens, Mala Goyal, Shivangi A. Gohil, Shruti Verma, and Pratima K. Singh
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A Case of Wernicke's Encephalopathy due to Cannabinoid Hyperemesis
Jake Allinson, Ryan Bradbury, and Paul Stanford
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Associations and Risk Factors
Erik Aranda-Michel, Cassandra Knott, Andrew Fisher, and S Blake Wachter
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Two Cases of West Nile Virus Encephalitis in the ICU
Arthur J. Armijo, Carl Smearman, Bhavesh Shukla, and Ryan Spilman
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A Case of Meckel's Diverticulum Enterolith Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction
Megan Bedard, Alexandra Moody, and Emmett McGuire
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Utility of Bedside Ultrasound in Identifying Undiagnosed Malpresentation Upon Admission to Labor and Delivery: A Quality Improvement Project
Kristen Daugherty, Gloria Wang, Samantha McLean, Jeffrey Johnson, and Kelly Mosher
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LAI Delivery QI: Improving Compliance and Time to Treatment
Esteban Garcia, Cody Teleki, Jennifer Lee, and Zachary Robinson
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Incidence of Above Knee Amupations Due to Total Knee Arthroplasty Complications: A Comprehensive Analysis From a Midwest Metropolitan Hospital System
Robert Garner, Collin Erickson, Evan Johnson, Brandalynn Holland, and Jacob Frisbie
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Retrospective Analysis of Surgical Time Proficiency During Laparoscopic Myomectomies
Jeffrey Johnson, Kimberly Swan, and Errick Arroyo
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A Case of Gastric Pneumatosis in a Trauma Patient with GERD
Cyprien Jungels, Tyler Crawley, Michael Fisher, and Glenda Quan
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Fire on the Mountain: A Case of Breakbone Fever in Colorado
Jacob Keeling, Omar Hanbali, Gabrielle Porzenski, Changlee Pang, and Natasha Fazel
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Case Report: A 28-year-old Male With Bilateral Lower Extremities Paresthesias, Characteristic Presentation of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Innovative Treatments
Petros Keoseyan, Ricky Oshakuade, Danielle Genov, Derek Draper, Nick Duff, Anna Belits, and Dmitriy Scherbak
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Controversies in Care: A Complex Case of Infective Endocarditis in Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Cassandra Knott, Erik Aranda-Michel, Sreenidhi Chintalapani, Mary Achim, and Bryce Rhodehouse
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Can Clinical Reasoning be Taught to Resident Physicians? Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Clinical Reasoning Course on Residents' Cognitive Knowledge and Analytic Ability
Kenneth Krell, Sreenidhi Chintalapani, and Kevin Trappett
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Assessment of Structured Research Curriculum on Resident Scholarly Activity
Trevi Mancilla, Ryan Knight, and Marshall Spiegel
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Serial Irrigation and Debridement and Kerecis for Treatment of Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Case Report
Katherine Manseau, Jacob Frisbie, Robert Garner, Collin Erickson, and Charles Orth
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Idiopathic Acute on Chronic Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Lesion in Humeral Head: A Case Report
Lucas Marks, Gavin Cobb, Nick Duff, and Holli Barber
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Differences in C-Section Times With Resident Involvement vs No Resident Involvement
Samantha McLean, Kimberly Swan, Rabiya Suleman, and Jeffery Durbin
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Panhypopituitarism: Uncommon Presentation of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Matt Nelson, Jessie Wampler, and Meg Burke
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A Retrospective Study of Procalcitonin Utilization in Clinical Practice
Tanner Norris, Matthew Yurkewicz, Patrick Jenkins, Beth Hicks, and Dmitriy Scherbak
