Residents and fellows compete at annual academic exposition

Liliana Arriola Montenegro, M.D., a second-year resident in pediatrics, discusses her case with the judges. She won in the Clinical Vignette poster category.

USA Health residents and fellows competed at the 2024 Resident and Fellow Academic Exposition on May 1, at the Strada Patient Care Center. Hosted by the Office of Graduate Medical Education, the annual event is an opportunity for residents and fellows to display and share their scholarly activities with the USA Health and Whiddon College of Medicine community.

Anas Khouri, M.D., an internal medicine resident, won

in the Clinical and Translational Research category.

This year, 42 highly rated abstract submissions were selected to be presented in the poster competition. The three top-rated abstract submissions were selected as oral presentations. 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 oral presentation category and three poster categories:

Oral Presentation
Charu Shastri, M.D., a first-year resident in pathology, won for her oral presentation, “Racial Disparity in Clinico-Pathological Spectrum of Incidental Prostate Cancer Diagnosed Following Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP).”

Clinical and Translational Research
Anas Khouri, M.D., third-year resident in internal medicine, won for his poster presentation, “Effect of Computer-Aided Detection Device on the Adenoma Detection Rate and Sessile Detection Rate Among Trainee Fellows: A Single Center Study.”

Quality Improvement/Performance Improvement
Audrey Gunn, M.D., a second-year resident in pediatrics, won for her poster presentation, “Increasing Maternal RSV Vaccination and Newborn RSV Immunization at Children’s & Women’s Hospital: An Ongoing Patient Care Initiative.”

Clinical Vignette
Liliana Arriola Montenegro, M.D., a second-year resident in pediatrics, won for her poster presentation, “A Case of Relapse of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Despite Successful Initial Treatment.”

View more photos from the expo on Flickr.