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| From left, Andrew Washington; Jelani Bender; Jonathan Lee; Christina Mattingly, M.D.; Noelle Ahmed, M.D.; Carly McRae, M.D.; and Michael Sternberg, M.D., attend the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Emerald Coast Conference. |
Three medical students from the Whiddon College of Medicine and three emergency medicine residents from USA Health recently participated in a regional poster competition. The American College of Emergency Physicians’ Emerald Coast Conference was held earlier this month in Destin, Florida.
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Jonathan Lee won first place in the case study category for his poster presentation. |
Medical students and residents from emergency medicine programs throughout the Southeast including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and Kansas presented abstracts in case study and research categories.
Rising fourth-year medical student Jonathan Lee was awarded first place in the case study category for his poster that considers improvements in EKG algorithms to differentiate routine angina from an occlusion myocardial infarction.
The USA Department of Emergency Medicine sponsors the students' and residents' participation in the annual conference. “We have established a reputation for excellence that greatly assists our medical students in acquiring competitive residency positions as well as providing multi-state exposure to our program,” said Michael Sternberg, M.D., professor of emergency medicine and director of student education, who leads the group each year.
