Program Research Directors
GME Research Support Team
Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE)
GME Research Day Award Winners
- 2024 Award Winners
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POSTERS
Basic and Clinical Research
- 3rd Theresa Kuhn, MD - Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship, Orlando
- 2nd Abdelrahman Sherif Abdalla, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
- 1st Iktej Jabbal, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
Education
- 3rd Alexis Aranda, MD - General Pediatrics Residency, Orlando
- 2nd Melissa Sayegh, DO - Emergency Medicine Residency, East Orlando
- 1st Abdelrahman Sherif Abdalla, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
Quality Improvement
- 3rd Meagan Derbyshire, MD - Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Orlando
- 2nd Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, MD - Gastroenterology Fellowship, Orlando
- 1st Daniel Farinas Lugo, MD - General Surgery Residency, Orlando
Case Studies
- 3rd Mary Ann Barnum, MD- Family Medicine Residency, Winter Park
- 2nd Abuoma Ekpendu, DO - Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
- 1st Kashaf Aqeel Zaidi, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Orlando
Podium Presentations
- 3rd Ivonne De la Hoz, MD - Internal Medicine Residency, Orlando
- 2nd Carlos Delgado, MD - General Surgery Residency, Orlando
- 1st Sehajpreet Kaur, MD and Gaayatrhi Krishnan, MD- Internal Medicine Residency, Sebring
Central Florida Association of Physicians from The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
- Resident: Shannon Calirii, DO - Emergency Medicine Residency, East Orlando
- Faculty: Mary McClean, MD - Emergency Medicine Assistant Program Director, East Orlando
- 2023 Award Winners
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POSTERS
Basic and Clinical Research (less than 5 submissions)
- Yelena Pleshkova, MD- Internal Medicine, Sebring
Education (less than 5 submissions)
- Alexis Aranda, MD- Pediatrics
Quality Improvement
- 3rd James Leal, DO- Emergency Medicine
- 2nd Vladislav Mordach, MD- Emergency Medicine
- 1st James Nguyen, MD- Cardiology
Case Studies
- 3rd Iktej Singh Jabbal, MD- Internal Medicine, Sebring
- 2nd Arnold Paulo, DO- Hospice and Palliative Care
- 1st Gaayathri Krishnan, MD- Internal Medicine, Sebring
Podium Presentations
- 3rd Katherine Carson, MD- General Surgery
- 2nd Morgan Brazelle, MD- General Surgery
- 1st Connor Woodward, MD- Radiology
Central Florida Association of Physicians from The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
- Resident: Mengni Guo, MD- Internal Medicine, Orlando
- Faculty: Fatma Levent, MD- Family Medicine, East Orlando
- 2022 Award Winners
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POSTERS
Quality Improvement
- 3rd TIE
- Chloe Kindred, MD- Family Medicine WP: Improving the Compliance to the A1c Quality Metric Among Our Clinic’s Patient Population
- Yuliya Zamota, DO- Hospice and Palliative Care: Suboccipital Release as an Adjunct Therapy in Hospice patients
- 2nd Philip Jay Mendez Frayre, MD- Pediatrics: Identifying Communications Barriers in the Hospital: The Incorporation of iPASS into Family Centered Rounds
- 1st Kofi Sefah, Pharmacy and Karolina Kilowski, DO- Gynecologic Oncology: Addition of a Standardized Titration Protocol on the Incidence of Paclitaxel Infusion Related Hypersensitivity Reactions
Case Studies
- 3rd TIE
- Rodrigo Urcia, DO- Family Medicine East Orlando: An analysis of an enlarging Mycotic Abdominal aortic aneurysm in the setting of Salmonella Enteritis
- Jacob Friedman, MD- General Surgery: An uncommon cause of a common presentation: Right lower quadrant pain due to Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome
- 2nd Michelle McCullers, MD- General Surgery: Dysphagia and Subcutaneous Emphysema as presenting signs of Perforated Diverticulitis
- 1st Katherine Carson, MD- General Surgery: Intussusception due to Meckel’s Diverticulum in an adolescent
Education
- 3rd Jennifer Jiang, MD and John Lenahan, MD- Family Medicine WP: The great general governing Gestalt for primary prenatal providers (G4P3)
- 2nd Lin Luo, MD- Family Medicine WP: Ectopic Pregnancy: Clinical management and imaging review of cases from AdventHealth
- 1st Allan Herman, MD- Family Medicine WP: Evaluating Primary Care Providers implementation of in office point of care Ultrasound to screen for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Podium Presentations
- 3rd Na Zhou, MD- Internal Medicine: A Case of Transient Hyperthyroidism of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Acute Hepatic Injury Successfully Treated with Plasmapheresis
- 2nd Saleh Hasan, MD- Emergency Medicine: Effectiveness of Emergency Department Initiated Glycemic Control
- 1st Daniel Farinas Lugo, MD- General Surgery: Management of Complex Painful Postoperative Wounds
Basic and Clinical Research (less than 5 submissions – no award)
Central Florida Association of Physicians from The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
- Resident: Alberto Monreal, MD- General Surgery
- Faculty: Andrew Little, MD- Emergency Medicine
- 3rd TIE
- 2021 Award Winners
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POSTERS
Basic and Clinical Research
1st Nnamdi I. Gwacham, DO, Gyn/Onc
Title: Feasibility of a telemedicine lifestyle-based rehabilitation program (HEAL) for gynecologic cancer patients.
2nd James Wert, MD, Internal Medicine
Title: The Mortality of MET Exon 14 Low and High Expression in Non-Small C.
3rd Joseph Reza, MD, General Surgery
Title: Incremental cost effectiveness of ECMO as a bridge to cardiac transplant or left ventricular assist device placement in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock.
Quality Improvement
1st Na Zhou, MD, Internal Medicine
Title: Cause Analysis of Loss to Follow Up in an Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinic.
2nd Alberto Monreal, MD, General Surgery
Title: General Surgery Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The AdventHealth Orlando General Surgery Residency Experience.
3rd Kathy Carson, MD, General Surgery
Title: Efficacy of a Mindfulness-based Program on Surgeon Quality of Life.
Case Studies
1st Melissa Zegarra Bustamante, MD, Pediatrics
Title: Cat scratch disease presenting as Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome in a pediatric patient.
2nd Eugene Bivins, Jr., MD, Radiology
Title: Delayed Radial Pseudoaneurysm Diagnosis and Management.
3rd Ashley Mila, MD, General Surgery
Title: Pediatric Pseudoappendicitis in cases of Coronavirus MIS-C, A Case Series.
Education (Four submissions, one award):
1st Tariq Patel, MD, Family Medicine Winter Park
Title: Glucose Management of Non-Critically Ill Diabetic Patients Receiving Steroid Therapy.
Podium Presentations
1st Justin Brady, MD, Colon and Rectal
Title: Over utilization of adjuvant chemotherapy in early onset Rectal Cancer patients: A National Profile
2nd Madhavi Manyam, DO, Gyn/Onc
Title: Intravenous Uterine Leiomyomatosis with Right Atrial Obstruction and Congestive Heart Failure: A Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach
3rd Matthew Goldstein, DO, Pediatrics
Title: Utilizing a standardized pain and agitation protocol for intubated patients in the pediatric ICU
Central Florida Association of Physicians From The Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) Awards
Excellence in Research - Resident: Cody J. Togher, DPM, Foot and Ankle Surgery
Excellence in Research - Faculty: Raj Mehta, MD, Family Medicine Winter Park
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