The Eleventh Annual MMS Research Poster Symposium for Residents, Fellows and Medical Students took place on Friday, December 2, 2016, in conjunction with the 2016 MMS Interim House of Delegates Meeting. 128 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 Eleventh Annual Poster Symposium:
BASIC RESEARCH
First Place:
Mohammad Almeqdadi, MD
St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Sequential genome editing in CRISPR/Cas9-based colorectal cancer mouse models
Second Place:
Arvind von Keudell, MD (author/presenter)
Ahmin Mohamadi, MD (co-presenter)
MGH/BWH Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Initiative
Biomechanical properties of a new intramedullary suture anchor fixation compared to tension band wiring in osteoporotic olecranon fracture
Third Place:
Havisha Karnam
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Chemically modified oligonucleotides robustly and selectively silence mutant vs wild type SPTLC1, the causative gene in HSAN1
Honorable Mention:
Julian Daniel Sunday Willett
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tetraethylene glycol coat give gold nanoparticles long in vivo half-lives with a minimal increase in size
CLINICAL RESEARCH
First Place:
Hayden Rockson, MD
U-Mass Memorial Department of Orthopedics
Liposomal Bupivacaine in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Preliminary Results of a Two-Surgeon, Retrospective Study
Second Place:
Abdulhamied Alfaddagh, MD
BIDMC Internal Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Added to Statin Prevents Progression of Fibrous Coronary Artery Plaque Compared to Statin Alone in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Third Place:
Gina Sun
Tufts University School of Medicine
Effects of left ventricular assist device and four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate on blood utilization during cardiac transplantation
Honorable Mention:
Eric Davis
Harvard Medical School
EOS Scoliosis and Chiari Malformations : Does Neurosurgical decompression of Chiari Malformations alter the Natural History of EOS
HEALTH POLICY/MEDICAL EDUCATION
First Place:
Hassan Ghoz, MD (author/presenter)
Anil Jha, MD (co-presenter)
Steward Carney Hospital, Internal Medicine
House Officers Experience: Developing a Model to Ameliorate Telemetry Overuse In a Small Community Hospital, First Place
Second Place:
Rebecca Yanovsky
Bryan Yanez
Joanna Gallindo
Sravya Madabhushi
Tufts University School of Medicine
Cross-Departmental Analysis of Handoff Training Standardization at Tufts Medical Center
Third Place:
David Van Norstrand, MD, PhD
Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychosomatic Medicine
Safety in Patients with Dementia: An Intensely Practical Decision-Making Guide for Primary Care
Honorable Mentions:
Michael Buckner
UMass Medical School
UMass Medical School - North High School Mentorship Program
Nura El-Haj, MD
UMass Medical School
Use of Copy-Pasting in Electronic Health Records: The Rise of E-iatrogenesis
Jorge Rodriguez , MD
BIDMC, Division of Clinical Infomatics
The Linguistic Accessibility of Diabetes Apps
CLINICAL VIGNETTES
First Place:
Benjamin Bier, MD
BIDMC, Internal Medicine
A rare case of fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis in a previously healthy adult
Second Place:
Diana Bartenstein
Tufts University School of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Dermatology
Pediatric Spitzoid melanoma masquerading as benign skin lesion
Third Place:
Francis Kim, MD, MA
Tufts Floating Hospital for Children, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Diagnosing the child with dysphagia to solids: right on the money!
Honorable Mentions:
Yih-Chieh Chen, MD (presenter)
Aisha James, MD (author)
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Pediatrics
Disseminated Vaccine Strain Varicella Zoster Virus Infection in a Previously Immunized Immunocompetent Adolescent
Caitlin Peterman
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital, Dermatology
Three-Month-Old Boy with Blistering Rash
Amani Sargios, MD
Berkshire Medical Center
IgA nephropathy with pulmonary hemorrhage
Delayed Neuropsychiatric Syndrome in a Patient with Intentional Carbon Monoxide Intoxication
Copies of the abstract book from the Eleventh 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 Eleventh Annual Research Poster Symposium:
Theodore A. Calianos, II, MD, FACS
Medical Director
Medical Affiliates of Cape Cod (MACC)
Board Member
Coverys
Kristina Dzara, PhD
Masters of Science in Medical Education Program
Harvard Medical School
James Feldman, MD, MPH, FACEP
Vice Chair for Research in Emergency Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Chair, IRB Panel Blue
Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Boston University
School of Medicine
Eli C. Freiman, MD
Vice Chair, Resident and Fellow Section
Massachusetts Medical Society
Resident in Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center
Glenn Markenson, MD, FACOG
Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Chair, IRB Panel Green
Boston University School of Medicine
Eric J. Reines, MD, FACP
Geriatrics Primary Care Physician
Element Care Program for All-inclusive Care of Elders (PACE)
Caren G. Solomon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Deputy Editor
The New England Journal of Medicine
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FTOS
Instructor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine and Pediatrics
Massachusetts General Hospital
