2009 Research Symposium Results
Poster Competition
Overall winner: Yee Lu, MD - Hyperfibrinolytic Activity in Patients with Cirrhosis (Clinical Vignette)
Basic Science/Clinical Medicine/Health Policy and Medical Education Category Winners:
- Basic Science - Adel El Boueiz, MD - Over-expression of endothelial protein C receptor protects against hypoxiainduced pulmonary hypertension.
- Clinical Medicine - Michael Burdick, MD - External Beam Radiotherapy Followed By 90Y Ibritumomabtiuxetan In Relpased Bulky Follicular Lymphoma.
- Health Policy and Medical Education- Jeremy Vaughan, MD - Do USMLE I and II scores correlate with CREOG scores and ABOG written exam pass rates?
Clinical Vignette Category Winners:
- 1st Place - Yee Lu, MD - Hyperfibrinolytic Activity in Patients with Cirrhosis.
- 2nd Place - Andrew Sciallis, MD - Headache in a 48 year old Man.
- Honorable Mention - Hyun Don Yun, MD - Idiopathic Eosinophilia Progressing into Myelodysplasia
Podium Competition
Overall Winner: Elaine Ku, MD- Urinary succinate is a novel predictor and biomarker of human diabetic kidney disease(Clinical Medicine)
Basic Science/Clinical Medicine/Health Policy and Medical Education Category Winners:
- 1st Place - Elaine Ku, MD - Urinary succinate is a novel predictor and biomarker of human diabetic kidney disease (Clinical Medicine)
- 2nd Place - Summer Hanson, MD - Combing Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with a Biological Scaffold for Tissue Engineering (Basic Science)
Clinical Vignette Category Winners:
- 1st Place - David Winchester, MD - The joy and heartache of motherhood: what happens when troponins are involved?
- 2nd Place - Nabeela Tabassum, MD - Intermittent Change of Voice – An Unusual Presentation
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