HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education 2025 Research Days

North Texas Division 2025 Research Forum

On April 18, 2025, Medical City Arlington hosted the North Texas Division Research Forum with 200+ attendees (in-person & virtual), over 350 authors, 12 oral presentations, 46 in-person poster presentations, and 50 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. Kimberly Washington, MD, FACS - Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Assistant Dean of Clinical Faculty Success & Engagement, TCU and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Texas Health Physician Group as the keynote speaker focusing on “Patient Experience: Oncologic Surgery”.

Research Category Winners

• 1st Place: McKenna Box, Neil Werthmann, Troy Puga, Andrew Jen, Yingxian Liu, and John Riehl - A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study of GLP-1 Agonist Effects on Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty
• 2nd Place: Luke Taylor, Otoniel Espinoza, Omar O. Hernandez, Shannon Biggers, Shirin Miller, Srinivas Yallapragada, Amer Alaiti, Andrew Fredericks, Song Li, and Claudius Mahr - Use of VA ECMO in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism Presenting with Obstructive Cardiogenic Shock undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy
• 3rd Place: Troy Puga, Tanner Haechten, Cole Cush, Hans Drawbert, and John Riehl - NFL Kick-off Rule Change: A Comparative Analysis of Injury Incidence

Quality Improvement Category Winners

• 1st Place: Matthew Gutzmer, Michele L. McCarroll, Christian Scheufele, Zara Soomro, Ali Nazim, Enith Espinosa-Palmett, Marshall Hall, Taylor Pickering, Garrett Furth, Jasmine Silva, Shterna Frand, Shana Lambert-Johnson, Jeff Dickerson, Henry Lim, Ali Al-Nahi, Kelly Mofor, Lakshmi Morla, Nischal Pokhrel, Brina Gonzalez, Rui Zhang, Sana N Khan, Devika Adusumilli, and Sherri Morgan - Improving Nursing Professional Practice-Based Application Using the Latest Evidence-Based Approaches in Dermatology and Diabetes
• 2nd Place: Makenzie Morrissey, Kristen Payne, Randall Rittmann, Chris Robert, Joseph Lim, and Danielle Pigneri - Improving Communication and Follow Up for Incidental Findings from PanScan Imaging
• 3rd Place: Sumanth Reddy, Artur Amirkhanyan, Jeremiah Avarana,  Praneetha Arge, and Alicia Lay - Effective Communication in the Pronunciation of Brain Death

Case Report Category Winners

• 1st Place: Dakota Dalton, Elizabeth White, and Christopher Medina - Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Post-Stroke Recovery Patients
• 2nd Place: Rafael Do Valle, Reem Ayoub, Henry Lim, Marshall Hall, and Stephen Weis - Clinical Evaluation and Management of Terra Firma-Forme Dermatosis: Insights from Two Diverse Cases
• 3rd Place: Shana-Kay Lambert-Johnson, Rui Zhang, Brian Yu, and Tasaduq Mir - Humoral Influences on the Heart: A Case of Overt Hypothyroidism and Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Acute Heart Failure