Internal Medicine Residency Program

Resident Presentations

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The HCMC crew at the 2007 Minnesota ACP Conference

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PGY2 Manuel Berzosa and PGY3 Jose Vega at the 2007 Minnesota ACP Conference

 

Every year, HCMC IM residents participate in regional and national academic conferences. Below is a list of recent presentations.

University of Minnesota Department of Medicine Research Day

May 7, 2007, Minneapolis, MN

Teresa Barrera-Anderson  

Level of Education and Health Literacy in Native-Spanish Speakers in HCMC

Ayesha Rashid, Indira Miryala     

Thoracic Spinal Epidural Abscess Due to Clostridium Perfringes: A Case Report

American College of Physicians (ACP) - National Conference

April 2006, Philadelphia, PA

Sonal Shah

Nonclassical CYP21A2 Deficiency Portrayed as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Shuli Bonham

Be Careful What You Wish For: Acute Tubular Necrosis...And Still Didn't Pass the Drug Screen

American College of Physicians (ACP)   - Minnesota Chapter

November 2006, Minneapolis, MN

Carrie Alme

Familial Cluster of Infection with a Community Acquired Strain of MRSA

Teresa Barrera-Anderson  

Level of Education and Health Literacy in Native- Spanish Speakers in HCMC

Erica Blevins                        

Clinorchis Sinensis in an Immigrant from Laos

Edwin Bogonko                   

RV Infarction: Tales of Survival and a Diagnosis Quagmire

Shulamith Bonham             

A New Way to Suppress? A Closer Look at Protease Inhibitors for Initiation of HIV Therapy

Anders Carlson                   

More than Meets the I-131: Thyrotoxicosis as a Reversible Cause of Dementia

Mamta Goyal                      

Lupus Nephritis – Spontaneous Resolution Without Treatment.  Was it Really Lupus?

Brita Hansen                         

“Eat Your Vegetables!” An Unusual Case of Nutritional Deficiency in an Alcoholic Patient

Sadia Jama                         

A Case of Schistosomiasis as the Etiology of Acute Appendicitis and Review of the Literature

Milind Junghare                  

Progressive Dyspnea and Hypoxia in an AIDS Patient: A Dramatic Case of Dapsone Induced Methemoglobinemia

Madhu Kannapiran            

A Case Report of Hemoptysis in a 66-year-old Male Immigrant from Southeast Asia who has a Known History of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Joseph Levine                     

The Owl’s Eyes are the Window to the Diagnosis: Primary Cytomegalovirus Gastritis in an Immunocompetent Adult

Faiqa Malik                          

Blessing in Disguise: Spontaneous Remission of Acromegaly Following Pituitary Apoplexy

Indira Miryala                      

“Bubble Trouble:” Thoracic Spinal Epidural Abscess Due to Clostridium Perfringens

Aaron Rutzick                      

Three for One:  X-treme TB, Suicidal Ideation and Hypothyroidism: Who Could Ask for More?

Denis Sain                            

Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction 16 Hours after a Normal Exercise Sestamibi Stress Test

Brianna Schultz                   

Fleas, Ticks and Flukes – In Cancer Not All Distant Diseases are Metastases

Nolawit Tesfaye                   

A Phoenix Reborn: Reversal of Sustained Hypothyroidism after Iodine-131

Marit Thorsgard                   

Breaking the Cycle: Plasmapheresis as a Component of Therapy in a Patient with Severe Hypertriglyceridemia, Acute Pancreatitis, and Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Jose Vega-Peralta             

Two Deadly Bleeding Complications of Gastric Bypass Surgery

Andrew Wilson                    

Lemierre Syndrome with Septic Embolization to the Lung

Clara Zamorano                 

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) in a Very “Big Boned” Girl

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) - National Conference

April 2006, Los Angeles, CA

Brett Carlson

Oral Presentation: Beta Blockade in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Mainstay or Maelstrom

Oge Alozie

Nexus of Vulnerability in Human Trafficking

Joe Levine

A Stitch in Time...Could Save a Life: Metastatic Breast Cancer and the Cost to the Uninsured Patient

Leslie Surbeck

Newly Diagnosed Tetrology of Fallot in an 18 Year-old Refugee

American College of Physicians (ACP)   - Minnesota Chapter

November 2005, Minneapolis, MN

Sharmin Alam

Methicillin-Resistent Staphyloccus Aureus Infection in Communities (CA-MRSA)

Harpreet Bajaj

Asian Indians: Large but not Obese!

Tony Bastianelli

Pancreatic Cancer Presenting as Pancreatitis

Edwin Bogonko

Wide-Complex Tachycardia: Adenosine as Diagnostic Tool

Shuli Bonham

Be Careful What You Wish For: Acute Tubular Necrosis...And Still Didn't Pass the Drug Screen

Aaron Brosam

There's a Fungus Amungus: A Case of Blastomycosis Pneumonia

Anders Carlson

Bones, Groans, and Unknowns: An Unusual Presentation of Hyperparathyroidism in a Young Man

Katherine Hadden

More than a Cough: Acute Interstitial Pneumonia

Stephanie Jost

Hyperthermia Secondary to Cocaine Intoxication Leading to Multi-Organ Failure

Shravan Kethireddy

Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in a Patient with Breast Cancer

Brian LaBine

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: An Easily Missed and Potentially Fatal Disease

Joe Levine

Metastatic Breast Cancer and the Cost to the Uninsured Patient

Jose Luna

Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor in a 22 Year Old Pregnant Woman

Gillian O'Shaughnessy

An Unusual Cause of Loss of Consciousness on a Farm: Silo Filler's Disease

Aaron Rutzick

A Rare Case of Acute Pericarditis Secondary to Seronegative Graves Disease

Denis Sain

Tangier Disease: A Rare Familial Disorder with Undetectable HDL-Cholesterol

Sonal Shah

Nonclassical CYP21A2 Deficiency Portrayed as Polycstic Ovarian Syndrome

Nolawit Tesfaye

Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis: A Subtle but Serious Condition

Jose Vega-Peralta

Meth-Liver: A Rare Cause of Acute Hepatitis

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) - National Conference

May 2005, New Orleans, LA

Melody Mendiola

Medicaid Patients Perceive Copays as a Barrier to Medication Compliance

Melody Mendiola, Leslie Surbeck, Christina Bastin de Jong

Workshop: "Whose Pain is it Anyway?"

American College of Physicians (ACP) - National Conference

April 2005, San Francisco, CA

Gautam Shroff

Oral presentation: Carotid Stiffness Index B Significantly Correlates with Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score

Aaron Brosam

A Whipple Without a Cause: A Case of Autoimmune Pancreatitis

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

November 2005, Dallas, TX

Cynthia Brenden

Oral presentation: Grey Zone BNP Levels Portend a Good Prognosis

Psoter: Racial Disparities in the Clinical Judgment of Heart Failure

International Conference of the Journal of Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease

November 2005, London, UK

Stefan Collinet-Adler

Malaria in Minneapolis: The Impact of Immigration

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting

December 2005, Washington, DC

Ashley Newberry

Oral presentation: Evaluation of Malaria Screening in Liberian Refugees by Blood Smear and Rapid Antigen Capture

 

Resident Awards:

Minnesota Medical Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award - Resident Instructor

(4 residents in the Twin Cities selected by 3rd & 4th year medical students annually)

1999 - Marty Stillman

2001 - Lisa Bolin & Heather Muster

2002 - Rosemary Quirk & Thomas Flaig

2003 - Steve Loecke

2004 - Meghan Walsh

2005 - Li Ping Tan

2006 - Ethan Fruechte

Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism Award

2002 - Thomas Flaig

Transitional Resident Teaching Award

2004 - Meghan Walsh

2005 - Gautam Shroff

2006 - Bill Miner

 

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