North Texas Division 2024 Research Forum

On April 19, 2024, Medical City Arlington hosted the North Texas Division Research Forum with 200+ attendees (in-person & virtual), over 300 authors, 12 oral presentations, 34 in-person poster presentations, and 52 virtual poster presentations celebrating scholarly activity from the North Texas Regional Consortium of Medical City Healthcare, University of North Texas (UNT), and Texas Christian University (TCU). The forum was honored to have Dr. Song Li of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and Director of Cardiogenic Shock at Medical City Dallas. He spoke about “Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare”.

Research Category Winners

1st - Bradley Gustafson; Nasima Mehraban, Amjad Awan from Medical City Arlington Internal Medicine, Comparing the Positive Predictive Value of At-Home Screening Tests with Chronic Anticoagulant and/or Antiplatelet Therapies
2nd - Neil Werthmann; Mason Poffenbarger; John Riehl from Medical City Denton Orthopedic Surgery, Comparison of Three Treatments for Fractures of the Humeral Shaft
3rd - Chrystal Stallworth; Abel Moron; Nicole Tenzel; Timothy Kremer; Michele McCarroll from Medical City Arlington OBGYN, Surgical Margin Analysis in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: An HCA Healthcare Retrospective Study

Quality Improvement Category Winners

1st - Ariel Moskowitz; Nicole Tenzel; Joshua Mangels; Lyndsay Millican from Medical City Arlington OBGYN, Implementing a Standardized Screening Algorithm for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy
2nd - Jennifer Austin; April Miller; Alicia Lay from Medical City Plano General Surgery, Multidisciplinary Simulation-Based Trauma Education for General Surgery Interns
3rd - Zachary Shields; Enrique Alvarez-Ventura; Curtis Johnson from Medical City Arlington Emergency Medicine, Impact of Vertical Zone Redesign: One Hospitals Experience

Case Report Category Winners

1st - Jennifer Austin; Enrique Alvarez-Ventura; Alicia Lay; Christian Minshall from Medical City Plano General Surgery, Survival After Emergency Clamshell Thoracotomy with Bilateral Atrial Appendage Injuries
2nd - Ana Adams; Monica Rodriguez; Robert Cohen from Medical Cuty Arlington OBGYN, Four Cesarean Scar Pregnancies Managed at Accreta Center of Excellence at Medical City Dallas Hospital: A Case Series
3rd - Raleigh Payton; David Bassa; Furrukh Jabbar; Hassan Ahmad from Medical City Plano General Surgery, Primary Resection of Duodenal Neuroendocrine Tumor with Suspected Lymph Node Metastasis: A Case Report

Overall Research Forum Winner (Most Votes):

Chrystal Stallworth from Medical City Arlington OBGYN, Surgical Margin Analysis in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: An HCA Healthcare Retrospective Study

Presentations of Cutaneous Disease in Various Skin Pigmentations: Tinea Corporis
The Impact of Tamsulosin and Duration in Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) at Weatherford
Current Trends in School Nursing in Musculoskeletal injuries and Concussions
Improving the Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm at Grand Prairie Internal Medicine Clinic
Stop That Bloody Cough: A Case of Hemoptysis After Intrapleural tPA Administration
Stop Horsing Around: A Case of Cenbuterol Toxicity
A Common Complaint with an Unexpected Diagnosis: A Case of Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Abscesses
A Rare Case of Invasive Adenocarcinoma of the Duodenum and a Bovel Biliary Stent: A Case Report
Cyanide Toxicity Induced by Apricot Kernel Consumption: A Case Report
Bilateral Corticosteroid Atrophy Mimicking Morphea en Coup de Sabre: A Case Report
Bilateral Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee (SPONK) in Young Male: A Case Report
Streptococcocal Induced Toxic Shock Syndrome: Importance of Diagnosis and Initiating Life Saving Treatment