Thursday, June 1, 2023

Residents and fellows present at annual academic exposition

Presenters discuss their posters at the 2023 Resident and Fellow Academic Exposition.  
USA Health residents and fellows competed at the 2023 Resident and Fellow Academic Exposition on Wednesday, May 24, in the Atlantis Room at Children's & Women's Hospital. The expo is an opportunity for residents and fellows to display and share their research with the USA Health community.

At the annual expo, hosted by the Office of Graduate Medical Education, participants presented clinical vignettes, research projects, quality improvement projects, and patient safety, education and advocacy projects. Cash prizes of $300 were awarded to the winners in the three poster categories and the oral presentation category.

Winning projects by category included:

Oral Presentation
Jesse Trent, M.D., a third-year resident in orthopaedic surgery, won for “Orthopedics Directed Splint Training for Emergency and General Practitioners.”

Clinical and Translational Research
Nessa Tantivit, M.D., a third-year resident in pediatrics, won for “Impact of Patients’ Weight on Hospital Course Among Children with COVID-19.”

Quality Improvement or Patient Safety
Elizabeth Jones, M.D., a third-year resident in family medicine, won for “Increasing Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Use in Adolescents.”

Clinical Vignettes
Kushboo Golani, M.D., a third-year resident in pediatrics, won for “Acute Flaccid Myelitis Diagnosed After Intravenous Immunoglobin (IVIG): A Diagnostic Dilemma.”

View more photos from the event on Flickr