2024 DC ACP POSTER AND PODIUM WINNERS

Student Poster Winners
1st Place: Alisa Malyavko, George Washington University
Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)-like Reaction following Ehrlichiosis

2nd Place: Alice Chen, George Washington University 
Effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Delivery Through Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a Piglet Model

3rd Place: Maria Jensen, Georgetown
​Screening and Detection of Delirium in the Acute Palliative Care Setting: Performance of the “Months of the Year Backwards” (MOTYB) Test

Resident Poster Winners
1st Place: George Washington University: Maryssa Miller  
​Does Heerfordt-Waldenstrom Syndrome Ring a Bell (Palsy)?

1st Place: Georgetown: Angela Troia
Exploring The Relationship Between Patient Symptoms And Provider Goals For Mucosal Healing In IBD: Insights From The IBD Qorus Survey Data
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1st Place: Howard: Rediet Atalay
Keppra Induced Rhabdomyolysis
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1st Place: MWHC: Marco Radaelli
Chylothorax: A Rare Complication After Single Chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Extraction

1st Place: Prince George: Jannel Lawrence
Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnostic Challenges and Multidisciplinary Management​
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Resident Podium Presentations:
Clinical Vignette:
1st Place: Shuchi Pandy, MWHC
Now You See Me, Now You Don't: A Case of Cyclic Cushing's Syndrome

2nd Place: Nathan Kilian, Georgetown
An Immune Check Point Inhibitor Conundrum: A Case of PD-1 Induced Giant Cell Arteritis

3rd Place: Ashley Yoo, George Washington University
A Remote Presentation of Nivolumab-Induced Bullous Pemphigoid

Research:
1st Place: Nadia Smati, Kaiser
Simplification and Gamification of Inpatient Discharge Instructions

2nd Place: Jhanvi Dave, MWHC
Exploring Employee Well-being Initiatives Through Wellness Committee Data

3rd Place: Purven Parikh, George Washington University
An Inpatient Medicine Service Expansion Pilot to Improve Hospital Flow, Patient Safety and Professional Satisfaction

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2023 DC ACP POSTER AND PODIUM WINNERS

Student Poster Winners
1st Place: Lindsey Tully, Georgetown
Environmental factors associated with invasive mold infections at a tertiary care hospital

2nd Place: Angela Sarkisian, George Washington University
Evaluating the Prognostic Utility of the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (r/r B-ALL) Prior to CAR T-Cell Therapy
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3rd Place: Nickalous Trevino, Howard
Giving care to caregivers: An analysis of the perception of caregivers about their health in the United States

Resident Poster Winners
​1st Place: George Washington University: Kevin Chung
Improving Access to Buprenorphine for inpatients with Opioid Use Disorder

1st Place: Georgetown: Leanna Rucker
Integration of a Social Determinants of Health Curriculum into Resident Clinical Education

1st Place: Howard: King Pascual
Associations Between Google Searches, Colon Cancer Incidence, and Risk Factors: Using Google Trends as a Novel Public Health Tool for Colon Cancer Surveillance

1st Place: MWHC: Aja Kerai
Use of Telemedicine to Improve Hypertension in an Urban Area Primary Care Clinic
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1st Place: UMM: Tekabe Birhane
Unusual Cause Of Dysphagia
​Resident Podium Presentations:
Clinical Vignette:
1st Place: Alexander Rizk, Georgetown
Prompt initiation of therapies prior to diagnosis in a patient with suspected giant cell myocarditis complicated by cardiogenic shock

2nd Place: Farah Bani Hani, MWHC
Immune Check Point Inhibitor Induced Autoimmune Toxicity: A Comprehensive Hospitalization Review

3rd Place: Sowmya Swamy, George Washington University
Mycoplasma-induced rash and muscositis (MIRM): A unique presentation of a common pathogen

Research:
1st Place: Mpey Tabot Tabot, Howard
Midlines or Middle Ages: Catheter Associated Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Prospective Study with Quality improvement initiative

2nd Place: Nikita Chintapally,  MWHC
Evidence Based Interventions to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Urban Population with High Socioeconomic Barriers to Care

3rd Place: Claire Valburg, George Washington University
Relationship between chromogranin A levels and readiographic evidence of disease in metastatic neuroendocrine tumors
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3rd Place: Ann Kopera, Georgetown
Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Colorectal Cancer Screening at MedStar Health Facilities

​2022 DC ACP POSTER AND PODIUM WINNERS

Student Poster Winners
​1st Place: Julia Huang, Georgetown
​​Cardiac MR Patterns of Ischemic Injury and Infarction and Relationship with Coronary Culprit Lesions in Women with (MINOCA)
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2nd Place: Ume Imo, Georgetown
​Herpes Zoster ophthalmicus Complicated by Cellulitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome zoster sine herpete

​3rd Place: ​Melissa Postoll, USUHS
​​Longitudinal Characterization of Post-Traumatic Headache and Potential Treatment Target

​Resident Poster Winners
​1st Place: Aakash Tuli, MD, MWHC
​Dysphagia Lusoria caused by anomalous right-sided aortic arch and Diverticulum of Kommerell
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​1st Place: Sagah Ahmed, MD, Georgetown
​A Case of Chronic Eosinophilia in a Patient with New Heart Failure

​1st Place: Ayesha Samreen, MD, Howard
An interesting cae of coccidiodomycosis pneumonia with cutaneous dissemination - Does it ever go away?

​​1st Place: Varinder Bansro, MD, ​Prince George
​Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a female patient with acute MI - A manifestation of fibromuscular dysplasia

​​​​1st Place: Shaitalya Vellanki, MD, George Washington University
​​A Rare Incidence of Urinothorax Disguised as an Exudative Mystery​
Resident Podium Winners
Clinical Vignette:
​​1st Place:  ​Vishaka Chetram, MD, MWHC
​Septic Pulmonary Emboli From an Occult Infection​


Research:
1st Place: Mpey Tabot Tabot, MD, Howard University
​Peer-to-peer Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in Internal Medicine Residency Training Program: A Pre Post Study Quality Improvement Initiative
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