Wayne State University medical students, residents and alumni impress at American College of Physicians statewide meeting - Wayne State University

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Bridge Croniger, left, and Mikaela Grudzien, presented their abstract astatine the American College of Physicians Michigan Annual Scientific Meeting held successful October.

Projects designed and presented by Wayne State University School of Medicine students represented much than one-third of the poster abstracts accepted for the Medical Student and Residents Abstract Competition astatine the 2022 Michigan American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting.

WSU School of Medicine students presented 22 posters of the 72 accepted, oregon 31%, the largest fig from immoderate of the allopathic and osteopathic schools crossed Michigan, arsenic good arsenic 2 Caribbean schools whose students are sent to objective sites successful the state.

The meeting, held Oct. 13-16 astatine Shanty Creek Resort successful Bellaire, Mich., included the competition, a COVID-19 symposium, advocacy and informational sessions, meetings with programme directors for the students and more.

Medical pupil Alexandra Manaila shared her abstract astatine the gathering successful Bellaire, Mich.

“I americium truthful impressed with each of you,” said Professor of Medicine Diane Levine, M.D., FACP, successful a connection to the students who presented. “You person inaugural and travel through.”

Dr. Levine is besides vice seat of Education for the Department of Internal Medicine and module advisor to the Internal Medicine Interest Group astatine the School of Medicine.

Residents successful the School of Medicine’s Internal Medicine residency and School of Medicine alumni besides attended and presented astatine the meeting. Winners from the WSU School of Medicine placed successful respective categories, including:

Medical pupil Michael Castellani presented his probe connected HIV admissions successful Detroit.

Medical pupil winners:

First Place Clinical Poster: Avinash Ramkissoon, “Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to Neurosarcoidosis Using Stereotactic Radiosurgery”

Third Place Research Poster: Kaycee Ching, “Life-Altering News Delivery with Empathetic Communication: A Curriculum Enhancement Intervention”

Overall Winner successful Quality Improvement: Nedda Elewa, “Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students and Residents Who Manage Diabetes successful Muslim Patients Who Fast During Ramadan”

Resident and/or alumni winners:

Medical pupil Samantha Pfiffner presented astatine the yearly meeting.

First Place Research Poster: Asra Shaik, M.D., Ph.D. ’20, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, “Mutation Concordance Between Somatic Tumor DNA and Blood-Derived Circulating Tumor DNA successful Pancreatic Cancer”

Third Place Research Poster: Mohamad Almujarkesh, M.D., Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, “Incidence of Rheumatological Diseases successful Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients arsenic a Function of Race”

Second Place Clinical Oral: Alumna Brigid Jacob, M.D., ’22, Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital, “Percutaneous Transesophageal Gastrostomy for Palliative Gastric Decompression”

Overall Winner successful Continuous Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Medicine: MacKenzie Mayo, M.D. ’19, Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, “Breast Cancer Screening Rate Improvement successful an Academic Internal Medicine Clinic”

ACP is the nation's largest aesculapian specialty organization. Membership comprises much than 161,000 interior medicine physicians, aesculapian students and allied wellness professionals. The Michigan section offers educational, nonrecreational and societal programs for internists. The section besides addresses the authorities Legislature, speaking connected behalf of members and their patients to bespeak the interests and concerns of the specialty.

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