Award Winners by Category

Orals-Residents

Randall Craft, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Effect Of Adenovirus-36 In A Localized In Vivo Model Of Neoadipogenesis
First Place - Clinical Research

Scott Swanson, MD
Maricopa Integrated Health System
High Resolution Manometry: The Detection Of A Hiatal Hernia In The Setting Of A Giant Paraesophageal Hernia
Second Place - Clinical Research

Co-Presenters John Kingsley, MD &
Alfredo Velez, MD
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Effect Of Single Vs. Multiple Antipsychotic Medication Regimens On Hospital Recidivism: A One Year Retrospective Study
Third Place - Clinical Research

Kristina Wilson, MD
Phoenix Children's Hospital /
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis: A Silent Killer
First Place - Case Report

Scott Goodwin, MD
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
A Very Important Precipitant Of Chronic Diarrhea
Second Place - Case Report

Orals-Fellows

Mashal Jatoi, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Role Of Magnetic Resonance Elastography In Assessing Hepatic Fibrosis
First Place - Clinical Research

Jennifer Eschbacher, MD
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
SOX2 Expression in Glial and Neuronal Neoplasms: Immunohistochemistry and Gene Expression Analysis
Second Place - Clinical Research - TIE

Sally Stipho, MD
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Does Tandem Colonscopy Affect The Adenoma Detection Rate Described With Narrow Band Imaging
Second Place - Clinical Research - TIE

Leland Hu, MD
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Defining MRI Microvascular Surrogate Markers for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Glioma Recurrence and Post-Treatment Radiation Effect
Third Place - Clinical Research

Posters-Residents

Peng Wang, MD
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Elevated MDM2 Expression Induces Chromosomal Instability And Confers A Survival And Growth Advantage To B Cells
First Place - Clinical Research

Mackram Eleid, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness versus CT Calcium Scoring for Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Second Place - Clinical Research - TIE

Kerry Knievel, DO
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Exacerbation of Stroke Symptoms by Infection and Metabolic Pertubations --A Diffusion Weighted MRI Study
Second Place - Clinical Research - TIE

Margaret Paulson, MD
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Who is My Doctor? The Use of Business Cards on an Internal Medicine Teaching Service to Improve Patient Identification of Their Hospital Physicians and Patient Satisfaction
Second Place - Clinical Research - TIE

Kevin Potter, MD
Maricopa Integrated Health System
The Evolution And Perioperative Course Of Patients Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation Of Liver Tumors Between 1996 And 2006
Third Place - Clinical Research

Domingo Maynes, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
MIBG (I-131) Treatment Of Metastatic Paraganglioma In A 30 Year-Old U.S Olympic Mens’ Volleyball Player: A Case Report
First Place – Case Report

Luis Macias, MD
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Release Of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome And Immediate Closure With Biologic Collagen Matrix: A Case Report
Second Place – Case Report

Posters-Fellows

Edward Friedman, MD
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Factors Associated With Early Discontinuation Of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Using Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin: A Four-Year Experience
First Place – Clinical Research

Paula Gerber, MD
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Interobserver Agreement in the Interpretation of EEG Patterns in Critically Ill Adults
Second Place – Clinical Research

Travis Losey, MD
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Time to First Interictal Epileptiform Discharge in Extended Recording EEGs
Third Place – Clinical Research - TIE

Dany Quan, MD
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Improving Crofab Reconstitution Times
Third Place – Clinical Research - TIE

Andrea Kirstin Bacani, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
What Long Lashes You Have: Acquired Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa As A Presenting Sign Of Breast Cancer
First Place – Case Report

Kelly Curtis, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Live, Attenuated Varieclla Zoster Vaccination of an Immunocompromised Patient
Second Place – Case Report

Judges:

Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Richard Gerkin, MD
John Mattox, MD
Alex McLaren, MD
KeriLyn Morgan, MD
Ayrn O'Connor, MD
Cheryl O’Malley, MD, FAAP, FACP
Edward Perrin, MD

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center
Christopher Reardon, PhD, MD
Paul Duntley, MD, FACP
Raymond Chung, MD

Maricopa Integrated Health System
Dianna Borowski, PharmD
David Drachman, PhD
William James, MD
Eric Katz, MD, FACEP
Karyn Kolman, MD
Janeth Mattox, MPA
Mary Mulrow, RN
Melissa Pressman, PhD
Gilbert Ramos, MS, MA
Beverley Rowley, PhD
Kristy Tran, PharmD

Mayo Clinic Arizona
Erika Driver-Dunckley, MD
Brent Goodman, MD
David Gullen, MD
Kenneth Mishark, MD
Katherine Noe, MD, PhD
Teresa Pipe, PhD
Susan Wilansky, MD

Phoenix Baptist Hospital
Rudy Kirschner, MD
Martin Krepcho, PhD

Phoenix Children’s Hospital/
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Jeffrey Buchhalter, MD
Jeff Foti, MD
Shawn McMahon, MD
Murray Pollack, MD, MBA
Salil Pradhan, MD

St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center
Charles Alfano, MD
Burt Feuerstein, MD, PhD
Carol Hatler, MS, RN, PhD
Joan Shapiro, PhD

Scottsdale Healthcare
Wendy Ellis, MC, LPC
Cynthia Kegowicz, MD
Robert Marlow, MD, MA

University of Arizona/
Arizona State University
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Peter Jurutka, PhD
Suwon Kim, PhD
Allan Markus, MD, MS, MBA, FACP
Maricela Moffitt, MD, MPH

Community-At-Large
Jodi Black, PhD, MMSc
Michael Cluck, MD, PhD
Frederick Dettmann, MD
David Duggan, PhD
Gregory Inda, MD, FACP
Leonard Kirschner, MD, MPH
Linda Larkey, PhD
Donald Miles, MD

Academic Excellence Day
Committee Members:

Arizona Medical Education Consortium
Karen Archibald
Michael Grossman, MD, MACP
Brian Johnson

Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Richard Gerkin, MD, MS
Heidi Vega

Maricopa Integrated Health System
David Drachman, PhD
Michael Grossman, MD, MACP
Nancy Partington
Phyllis Thackrah, MS

Mayo Clinic Arizona
Joseph Drazkowski, MD
Connie Erickson
Tamara Kary Erickson
Linda McCleve

Phoenix Baptist Hospital
Martin Krepcho, PhD
Wendy Orm, MD

Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Sandra Barker
Grace Caputo, MD, MPH
Debi Hamersly
Stephanie Putman

St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Charles Daschbach, MD, MPH
Burt Feuerstein, MD, PhD
Linda Larson Carr, PhD
Sallie Weems, RN

Scottsdale Healthcare
Suzanne Anderson
Robert Marlow, MD

Auditorium Audience

Linda Larson Carr, PhD, Richard Gerkin, MD & Cheryl O'Malley, MD

David Drachman, PhD

Peter Jurutka, PhD

Timothy Owolabi, MD

Joseph Drazkowski, MD & Michael Grossman, MD, MACP

Alexander McLaren, MD

Karen Archibald, Rudy Kirschner, MD & Brian Johnson

Judges and audience in auditorium

Attendees and posters

Stephanie Putnam & Lindsey Norman

Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

More pictures are available HERE