Grand Strand Medical Center Research Day
- Best Quality Improvement Podium: Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams in Reducing Blood Culture Contamination - Fady Awad, DO; Internal Medicine
- Best Research Study Podium: An Assessment of CRP and ESR in Ruling Out Acute Infectious Spinal Pathology in the Emergency Department and Inpatient Setting, A Retrospective Cohort Study* - Justin Blaskowsky, DO; Emergency Medicine
- Best Case Report Podium: A Case of Primary Gastric Diffuse Large B Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with Tumor Lysis and The Warburg Effect - Sarah Barnhardt, DO; Internal Medicine
- Best Poster - Quality Improvement: Effect of Implementing Practical Strategies for Effective Lectures in a Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine Lecture Series - John-Michael Benson, MD; Internal Medicine
- Best Poster - Research: Quality Outcomes for Older Adults Undergoing Elective Cholecystectomy and Colectomy in the United States: A Scoping Review from the SAGES QOS Committee - Jeannie Kontos, MD. General Surgery
- Best Poster - Case Report: A Case of Acromegaly - Zhiwei Zhang, DO; Endocrinology Fellowship
- Best PGY1 Poster: A Common Presentation for an Uncommon Diagnosis: Case Report of Rare Hyperinsulinemia Hypoglycemia Post Gastric Bypass Surgery - Minh Nguyen, DO; Internal Medicine
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital Research Day
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Best Podium Presentation
- First Place: Outcomes of Methotrexate Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy: Inpatient vs. Outpatient Management
Presenter: Courtney Smith, MD; Emergency Medicine Residency
Authors: Courtney Smith, MD, Taryn Hoffman MD, Kavya Davuluri, MD, Ashley Brodrick, DO, Taylor Penny, DO, Robyn Meadows, Martin Wegman, MD PhD - Second Place: No Patient Left Behind: Improving Transition of Care in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure Patients
Presenter: Rebecca Schuyler, MD; Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Authors: Rebecca Schuyler, MD, Gunjan Mundhra, MD, Mubbasher Syed, MD, MPH
- First Place: Outcomes of Methotrexate Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy: Inpatient vs. Outpatient Management
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Best Poster Presentation
- First Place: Porokeratosis Ptychotropica: Diagnostic Insights Into a Rare Dermatosis
Presenter: Layal Antoury, MD; Dermatology Residency
Authors: Layal Antoury, MD, Sadia Salim, MD, Karthik Krishnamurthy, DO FACOD, FAAD - Second Place: Congenital Posterior Urethroperineal Fistula Presenting as a Cystic Mass
Presenter: Muhammad Siddiqui, MD
Authors: Muhammad M. Siddiqui, MD, Sang Woo Pak, MD, Preeya Mistry, MD, Sarah Starnes, MD, Stacy White, MD, Anthony Zarka, DO, Lori Gurien, MD
- First Place: Porokeratosis Ptychotropica: Diagnostic Insights Into a Rare Dermatosis
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Best Original Research Presentation
- Winner: High Rates of Avoidable Computed Tomography Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism Exclusion
Presenter: Nicholas Prewitt, MD; Emergency Medicine Residency
Authors: Kalyan Mantha, MD, Angelo Kantrales, DO, Kerolos Abadeer, DO, Pranav Bommineni, DO, Nicholas Prewitt, MD, Martin Wegman, MD PhD
- Winner: High Rates of Avoidable Computed Tomography Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism Exclusion
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Best Quality Improvement Presentation
- Winner: Interprofessional neonatal resuscitation simulations: an in-situ assessment of pediatric readiness At a multi site academic center
Presenter: Jessyca Gibson, MD; Emergency Medicine Residency
Authors: Jessyca C. Gibson, MD, Petru C. Nemes, MD
- Winner: Interprofessional neonatal resuscitation simulations: an in-situ assessment of pediatric readiness At a multi site academic center
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Best Case Report Presentation
- Winner: When Innocent Becomes Malignant... Unmasking STEMI through PVCs
Presenter: Sharul Saxena, MD
Authors: Sharul Saxena, MD, Jomel Jacinto MD, Yuhning Linda Hu, MD
- Winner: When Innocent Becomes Malignant... Unmasking STEMI through PVCs
Memorial Health University Medical Center Research Day
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Best Podium Presentation
- Winner: 39 Week Labor Induction versus Expectant Management and Cesarean Section Rates in Low-Risk Multiparous Women
Presenter: A. Tanner Fincher, MD; Program: OB/Gyn
Authors: A. Tanner Fincher, MD; Brendon Cornett, MPH; Michael G. Flynn, PhD; Sylwia Blawat, DPT, MHC; Mikalah Maury, MS; Anthony B. Royek, MD; Arthur M. Baker, MD
- Winner: 39 Week Labor Induction versus Expectant Management and Cesarean Section Rates in Low-Risk Multiparous Women
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Best Original Research Poster
- Winner: Rural Georgians’ Perspectives on Organ Donation
Presenter: Isait Alvarado; Mercer University School of Medicine
Authors: Isait Alvarado; Brian Childs, PhD; Caroline Anglim, PhD
- Winner: Rural Georgians’ Perspectives on Organ Donation
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Best Quality Improvement Poster
- Winner: Breaking the Blockade: A Retrospective Analysis of Pediatric Constipation in Hospitalized Patients
Presenter: Jaicy Pottokaran, MD; Program: Pediatrics
Authors: Yenamala Reddy; Jaicy Pottokaran MD, Eric Shaw, PhD; Aimee Behnke, MD, MBA; Jean Wiggins; Lauren Hebert, MD; Norman Taylor Parks, MD
- Winner: Breaking the Blockade: A Retrospective Analysis of Pediatric Constipation in Hospitalized Patients
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Best Case Report Poster
- Winner: A Case of DRESS Syndrome Following Placement of an Antibiotic Cement Spacer for Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee: Diagnosis, Management, and Recovery
Presenters: Cooper Josephs, DO & Himani Patel; Program: Internal Medicine
Authors: Cooper Alden Josephs, DO; Himani Patel, BS; James Everhart, DO
- Winner: A Case of DRESS Syndrome Following Placement of an Antibiotic Cement Spacer for Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee: Diagnosis, Management, and Recovery
Trident Medical Center Research Day
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Best Quality Improvement
- First Place: Introducing Transitional Care Management in Outpatient Setting for Emergency Department Discharge Follow Ups.
Family Medicine & Transitional Year: Radhika Mohan, Sanket Patel, Deepa Nuthalapati, Michael Smith, Valerie Sinkler, Dennis Besong, Pooja Paunikar - Second Place: Assessing the Role of Negative Troponin Tests in Discharge Decisions and Long-Term Outcomes for ED Chest Pain Patients.
Transitional Year: Rajiv Shah, Nicholas Pennington, Julia Iman, Dominic Juarez, Akriti Arora, Dennis Besong
- First Place: Introducing Transitional Care Management in Outpatient Setting for Emergency Department Discharge Follow Ups.
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Best Research
- First Place:Rectal Lactulose Induces Hypernatremia and Increases Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy.
Internal Medicine: Abhinav K. Rao, Don C. Rockey - Second Place: Assessing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Addiction Assessing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Addiction Population.
Transitional Year: Yagmur Beaman, Paula Suarez, Natalie Yang, Srinidhi Manchiraju, Sanket Patel, Corey Hopkins, Dennis Besong, Pooja Paunikar
- First Place:Rectal Lactulose Induces Hypernatremia and Increases Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy.
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Best Case Report
- First Place: Pediatric Carotid Artery Dissection Following Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury.
Emergency Medicine & Family Medicine: Eric Friedman, Iren Shabanova, Arpit Arora - Second Place: COVID-19 Induced MDA5-associated Necrotizing Myositis.
Internal Medicine: Sarah Steadman, Amit Sikder, Harsh R Desai, Bradley Collins, Tiffany Baker, Julie Worthington
- First Place: Pediatric Carotid Artery Dissection Following Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury.
* Denotes winners not available in Scholarly Commons.
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Interprofessional Neonatal Resuscitation Simulations: An In-Situ Assessment of Pediatric Readiness at a Multi-site Academic Center
Jessyca C. Gibson and Petru C. Nemes
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Beyond the Kidney: Unraveling SLE and APS in a Renal Infarction Case
Jacqueline Gilmore, David Anez, Omar Yaghi, and Sofia Battistini-Garcia
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Atypical Presentation of Ocular Myasthenia Gravis in a 26 Year Old Female
Laura Henein, Shahla Delawalla, Ebere Obasi, Gina Brock, and Shameka Jones
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Complement-Mediated Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia (CM-MAHA) in a Postpartum Patient Whose Index Pregnancy was Complicated by Pre-eclampsia
Sara Hitt, Samantha Perez, Anthony B. Royek, and Mariah Piazza
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Factors Associated with STD Hospital Admissions in South Carolina Hospitals (2020-2024)
Darrell Holmes and Dennis Besong
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Severe Rhabdomyolysis During First Trimester Pregnancy: A Case Report
Cameron Holsomback, Anna Bryce Tucker, Andrew Royek, Tanner Fincher, and Anthony B. Royek
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Endovascular Management of High-Grade Inferior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis via Left Radial Approach
Julia Iman and John McGue
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Challenges and Lessons in Re-Operative Pelvic Surgery
S. Caleb Jerris, Selim Gebran, Kendall Post, Hao Tang, Richard Fortunato, and James T. McCormick
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From Lost Balance to Leaky Chyle: A Case Report of Traumatic Chylothorax
Taylor Johnson and Glenn Carlos
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Phenobarbital and CIWA Protocol: A Retrospective Analysis of Alcohol Withdrawal Optimization
Cooper Alden Josephs, Trey Austin Doss, Maulikkumar Patel, and Taylor Templeton-Jager
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Autoimmune Pancreatitis Not Otherwise Specified (AIP-NOS): The Importance of Gastroenterology Consultation when Clinical Findings are Concerning for Pancreatic Cancer
Cooper Alden Josephs, Daniel Mullady, Nicholas Fuerstenau, Steve Xie, and Taylor Templeton-Jager
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A Case of DRESS Syndrome Following Recurrent Hardware-Related Knee Infection: Diagnosis, Management, and Recovery
Cooper Alden Josephs, Himani Patel, and James Everhart
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Cryptogenic Fusobacterium Liver Abscesses in two Healthy, Young Adult Males
Cooper Alden Josephs, Anna Bryce Tucker, James Everhart, Nick Fuerstenau, and Taylor Templeton-Jager
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Probiotics for the Primary Prevention of Inpatient, Antibiotic-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Multi-Center, Retrospective Study
Cooper Josephs, Taylor Templeton-Jager, and Julie Worthington
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A Case of Polymethylmethacrylate Cement Pulmonary Emboli After Kyphoplasty
Denae Kappers, Jessica Odum, and Chamonix Kinimaka
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Bloodstream to Heart valve: A Case of Pseudomonas Endocarditis
Jacob Keesee, Brenden Pearce, and Mohammed Faris
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Quality Outcomes for Older Adults Undergoing Elective Cholecystectomy and Colectomy in the United States: A Scoping Review from the SAGES QOS Committee
Jeannie Kontos, Wesley Vosburg, H Lin, J Blancaflor, K Fay, K Park, and J Stulberg
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Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in MelanatedSkin: A Pediatric Case Report
Aleah LaFrancis-Ream, Hannah Chotiner, and Scott Gutovitz
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Acute Diverticulitis Found with an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report
Robert Larsen, Brandon Epps, and Syl Lord
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Dermoscopic Features of Sebaceous Adenoma
Abigail M. Lowe, Michelle Militello, Karthik Krishnamurthy, and Sarah Ferrer-Bruker
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Neurosyphilis Mortality Trends in the United States (1999–2023): A CDC WONDER Database Analysis
Amy Mackenzie and Barbara Gracious
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Case Series of Psychiatric Patients with Hypothermia: A Clinical Review
Amy Mackenzie, Brianne Kimmet, James Free, Ubaid Khokhar, and Barbara Gracious
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Case Report: Wall-Eyed Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia from a Pontine Stroke
Renuka Mahatara, Sahil Parikh, and Jeffery Bodle
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Drug Induced Sweet's Syndrome Secondary to Pegfilgrastim: A Rare Case
Renuka Mahatara, Abhi Rao, Ian Whitaker, Bradley Saylors, and Charles Holladay
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High Rates of Avoidable Computed Tomography Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism Exclusion
Kalyan Mantha, Angelo Kantrales, Kerolos Abadeer, Pranav Bommineni, Nicholas Prewitt, and Martin Wegman
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A Continuation: Evaluation of Resident Confidence in Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV Placement Before and After Hands-on Workshop
Dane Markham, Delon Altherr, Matt Howlett, Reid Palumbo, Shiv Patel, Savannah Desmarais, and Jilian Sansbury
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A Complex Case of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in a Patient with Multisystem Complications Leading to Acute Cerebral Infarctions and Debility
Genevieve McCloskey, Radhika Mohan, and Michael A. Smith
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Pregnancy Management in a Patient with Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome and a History of Renal Transplant
Lilly McIncrow, Sara Hitt, Nanette Woodward, and Anthony B. Royek
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Milk-Alkali Syndrome in Pregnancy: The Hidden Risk of Over-the-Counter Calcium Supplementation
Lilly McIncrow, Anna Bryce Tucker, Samantha Perez, Nanette Woodward, and Anthony B. Royek
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A Case Report of Fatal Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Associated with Tivozanib in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chad Michalenko, Ian Whitaker, and Abhinav Rao
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Medical Spa Directorship and Cosmetic Procedures in Jacksonville, Florida
Michelle Militello, Rachel Dykes, and Karthik Krishnamurthy
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Skin Grafting After Reconstruction for Head and Neck Cancer: Does Thickness Matter?
P Larson Miller, Nicholas Hrdlicka, Eric Shaw, Robert Liebman, and Matthew Ochsner
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Occlusive Thrombosis of Superior Mesenteric and Portal Veins
Radhika Mohan, Genevieve McCloskey, Curtis Wong, Hedaya Othman, and Valerie Sinkler
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Introducing Transitional Care Management in Outpatient Setting for Emergency Department Discharge Follow Ups
Radhika Mohan, Sanket Patel, Deepa Nuthalapati, Michael Smith, Valerie Sinkler, Dennis Besong, and Pooja Paunikar
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Factors Associated with Length of Stay After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
James Montgomery, Rachel Daley, Margaret Rose, and R Wesley Vosburg
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Wound Dehiscence, Risk Factors Presenting a Costly Complication
James Montgomery, Alyssa McMandon, Eleah Porter, Heather O'Field, and Wesley Vosburg
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Immunotherapy-Induced Diabetes Mellitus Type 1: A New Perpetrator to the World of Autoimmune Diabetes
Merid Moqattash and Dennis Besong
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Eccrine Carcinomas and Homologous Recombination Repair Cancer Predisposition Genes: A Case Series
Renee Morecroft, Jordan Phillipps, Kaiden Barodinksy, Susan Jones, Lulu Sun, Danielle Crites, Omar Butt, George Ansstas, and Patrick Grierson
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Gastric Volvulus Presenting as Gastric Outlet Obstruction in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report
Gautham Mudireddy, Cooper A. Josephs, and George Aragon
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Thyroid Storm and High Output Heart Failure, a Perfect Storm
Gunjan Mundhra, Haris Ahmed, Rebecca Schuyler, Karina Bidani, and Justin Gisel
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Ballistics Gel Model to Teach Ultrasound Guided Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block
Nicholas Murphy, Matthew Carr, Taryn Hoffman, and Leily Naraghi
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Targeted Therapies and PARPi Therapy Response Following ICI Therapy Failure in Advanced Melanoma
George Nassief, Renee Morecroft, Jordan Phillipps, David Chen, and George Ansstas
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Shake It Off: Common Angina Medication Ranolazine and Its Rare Reversible Myoclonus Side Effect
Minh Nguyen, Sheharyar Abbasi, Dustin Rizzieri, and Robert Sherertz
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A Common Presentation for an Uncommon Diagnosis: Case Report of Rare Hyperinsulinemia Hypoglycemia
Minh Nguyen, Reggie Skains, and Peter Montesano
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Abnormal Pap Smears in Pregnancy and the Potential for Fulminant Cervical Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Staging and Contemporary Treatment
Aliya Nurani, Claud Crosby, Ashley Valenzuela, Meenah Dhir, Mikalah Maury, Stephen Salmieri, and Anthony Royek
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Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis: A Case Report
Evelyn Ogbomoh, Karissa Charles, Devi Mahadeo, and Sarah Puim
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Co-occurrence of Autoimmune Hepatitis and Pheochromocytoma: A Complex Diagnostic and Treatment Challenge
Himani Patel, Gabrielle Aiello, Taylor Frazier, Sage Havrilla, Payton Williams, and Meghan Rosenquist
