The Ninth Annual MMS Research Poster Symposium for Residents, Fellows and Medical Students took place on Friday, December 5, 2014 in conjunction with the 2014 MMS Interim House of Delegates Meeting. 105 abstracts were submitted by residents, fellows and students in four categories: Basic Research, Clinical Research, Health Policy/Medical Education and Clinical Vignettes. 67 of the abstracts were accepted to the symposium for display.
The MMS is proud to announce the following winners of the Ninth Annual Poster Symposium:
Basic Research
First Place:
Paulo Leonel Lizano, MD, PhD
Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Peripheral immune markers, growth factors and their association with cognitive and structural neuroimaging findings in first-episode psychosis and familial high-risk patients
Second Place:
Jianmin Meng, MD, PhD
MetroWest Medical Center
Genome-wide SiRNA screen to identify novel genes in Toll-Like Receptor 9 signaling
Third Place:
Philip Eliades, BS
Tufts University School of Medicine
Covalent CDK7 inhibition: a novel therapeutic approach for melanoma
Honorable Mention:
Daniel J. Oh, MA
Harvard Medical School
CA4+: a Novel Cationic Contrast Agent for Evaluating Glycosaminoglycan Content by CT Imaging
Clinical Research
First Place:
Krista J. Hachey, MD
Boston University Surgery Residency Program
Caprini Risk Assessment for Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Lung Cancer Patients
Second Place:
Stephanie Meller, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Carotid stenting vs. endarterectomy for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis: A large single center experience
Third Place:
Francis S. Kim, MA
Boston Medical Center
Identification of preventable reasons for missed pediatric hematology clinic appointments
Honorable Mentions:
Rebecca A. Compton, BA
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Despite Initially Moribund Appearance, TBI Patients with DAI as Diagnosed on CT Have Improved Hospital Outcomes
Kah Poh Loh, MBBCh
Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University
From hospital to community: Use of antipsychotics in hospitalized elders
Arlene E. Reyna, MS
Tufts University School of Medicine
Cancer Detection in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis versus Full-Field Digital Mammography
Health Policy/Medical Education
First Place:
Emily A. Gross
Harvard Medical School
Assessing the Value and Improving the Quality of Resident-Led Teaching Sessions at Crimson Care Collaborative: Harvard Medical School’s Student-Faculty Collaborative Clinic
Second Place:
Sherry Prasad
Boston Medical Center
Improving Surgical Site Infection Rates in Vascular Surgery Using a Comprehensive Unit-Base Safety Program (CUSP)
Third Place:
Salwa Khedr, MD
Baystate Medical Center
Neonatal Units Hemolysis Rates from an Academic Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Project
Honorable Mentions:
Thomas Heyne, MD, MSt
Massachusetts General Hospital
From Saturnine Gout to St. Anthony’s Fire: Medical Terms with Religious Roots
James Song-Jeng Yeh, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Medical Schools’ Industry Interaction Policies Are Not Associated with Self-Reported Behavior as Residents
Clinical Vignettes
First Place:
Camille Clarke, MD
Cambridge Health Alliance
An Unexpected Case of Bigeminy and Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia
Second Place:
Abid Shah, MD
Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
Silent Manifestations of Anti CTLA-4 Therapy in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma
Third Place:
Nosheen Reza, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
A 26-Year-Old Woman with Diarrhea and Arthritis: Reactive Arthritis associated with Clostridium difficile
Honorable Mentions:
Shane M. Burke
Tufts University School of Medicine
Granular Cell Tumor of the Stellate Ganglion: A Case Report and Review of Peripheral Nervous System Tumors
Utibe R. Essien, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Babesiosis and Lyme Disease Co-infection in an Asplenic Host
Copies of the abstract book from the Ninth Annual Research Poster Symposium are available to MMS members. Please email Colleen Hennessey at chennessey@mms.org to request a copy.
Past Symposium Winners:
Judges
The Massachusetts Medical Society would like to thank our prestigious panel of judges for the Ninth Annual Research Poster Symposium:
Sanjay K. Bansal, MD
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Floating Hospital for Children
Tufts Medical Center
Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Senior Consultant in Pediatric Nephrology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Deputy Editor
The New England Journal of Medicine
Taj Kattapuram, MD
Chair, Resident and Fellow Section
Massachusetts Medical Society
Clinical Fellow in Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
James F.X. Kenealy, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Clinical Otolaryngologist and Staff Physician
MetroWest Medical Center
Caren G. Solomon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Deputy Editor
The New England Journal of Medicine
Vincent C. Smith, MD
Associate Director of NICU
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Malissa J. Wood, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director
Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
