This is an opportunity for the Medical Education community in and near Macomb County to exhibit their scholarly activity and quality improvement projects. This is a free virtual event. All faculty, residents, and medical students are eligible to submit. This event is co-sponsored by McLaren Macomb, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Henry Ford Macomb.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
This forum is open to all healthcare providers, learners, and affiliate professions in Michigan and the surrounding areas. The goal of this symposium is to exchange ideas pertaining to the health of our community. For training programs, this also meets ACGME scholarly requirements. We give permission for participants to present their work at subsequent conferences.
If you missed our event, please feel free to watch the recording, which includes a keynote by Dr. Lisa MacLean entitled, "The Healing Properties of Being a Doctor," followed by the presentation of prizes.
Winners
Biomedical / Basic Science Research
First Place
Yusra Mansour, DO, PhD, Otolaryngology, Henry Ford Macomb
BM2: Ototoxicity in an animal model of repeated gentamicin intranasal irrigations
Clinical Research
First Place
Jacob Archutowski, DO, Orthopedics, Henry Ford Macomb
CL1: Outcomes After Arthroscopic Assisted Lower Trapezius Transfer for Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears
Quality Improvement
First Place
Yingyin Lu, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nathalia Millan Borrero, MD, Internal Medicine, McLaren Macomb
QI2: Assessing and Enhancing Primary Care Residents’ Comfort in Migraine Diagnosis and Management: A Quality Improvement Project
Second Place
Bailey Borycki, DO, Obstetrics & Gynecology, McLaren Macomb
QI6: Evaluation of Obstetrics Initiative Labor Dystocia Criteria Compliance at McLaren Macomb Hospital
Case Reports
First Place
Brandon Theriault, DO, PGY3, Internal Medicine, McLaren Macomb
CR1: Unintended Phenazopyridine Overdose Complicated by Methemoglobinemia, Hemolytic Anemia, and Hemodialysis
Second Place (tie)
Jennifer Zora, OMS-II, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
CR2: Necrotizing Pancreatitis Secondary to Antiretroviral Therapy in an HIV Positive Patient: A Case Report
Second Place (tie)
Sydni Golfin, DO, Internal Medicine, McLaren Macomb
CR6: A Case of CMV-Induced Collapsing Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Second Place (tie)
Harini Venkatesh, MD, Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Macomb
CR10: Blinded by Acid: Acidemia-induced Sudden Painless & Reversible Total Vision Loss
Biomedical/Basic Science Research
BM1: Noah L, Pasculle A, Truong B, Lei M, Leitzel L, Hong CC, Williams C. Investigating the Role of GPR68 Modulation in Traumatic Brain Injury Compressive force model. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
BM2: Mansour Y, Haddad L, Breeden Z, Kulesza R. Ototoxicity in an animal model of repeated gentamicin intranasal irrigations. First place for Biomedical Research for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
Clinical Research
CL1: Archutowski J, Geers B, Best J. Outcomes After Arthroscopic Assisted Lower Trapezius Transfer for Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears. First place for Clinical Research for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
Quality Improvement
QI1: Thielman W, Esa M, Patel K, Hmady M, Andrews M, Brannan G. McLaren Macomb’s Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Trends. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
QI2: Lu Y, Millan Borrero N, Pervez A, Przybylski K, Burke M, DeLor B, Carty J, Eastin E. Assessing and Enhancing Primary Care Residents’ Comfort in Migraine Diagnosis and Management: A Quality Improvement Project. First place in Quality Improvement for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
QI3: Theriault B, Hassan T, Golfin S, Sekhon T, Evangelista A, McMann S. Improvement in T2DM Quality Metrics - QI at McLaren Macomb Multispecialty Clinic. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
QI4: Danesh L, Paterra J, Kohler A, Burke M, Sabbagh M, Grech E, Carty J. How Providing a didactic education lecture improves screening for Hepatitis C among patients aged 18 to 79. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
QI5: Mazur G, Adams P, Almajedi M, Bonzagni A, Brannan G, McIntosh G. Risks and Benefits of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection During Radical Prostatectomy: A Quality Improvement Project. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
QI6: Borycki B, Clayton S, Patel T, Holcomb G, Brannan G. Evaluation of Obstetrics Initiative Labor Dystocia Criteria Compliance at McLaren Macomb Hospital. Second place in Quality Improvement for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
Case Reports
CR1: Dajlani F, Theriault B. Unintended Phenazopyridine Overdose Complicated by Methemoglobinemia, Hemolytic Anemia, and Hemodialysis. First place in Case Reports for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR2: Zora J, Janecki J, Kovan B. Necrotizing Pancreatitis Secondary to Antiretroviral Therapy in an HIV Positive Patient: A Case Report. Second place in Case Reports for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR3: Southall C, Steck M. Sudden Severe Abdominal Pain Masquerading as a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR4: Alali M, Salib N, Aravapally A. A rare case of anaphylactic reaction to jardiance. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR5: Salib N, Entezami P, Weerakoon N. Carotid Web in Young Adult: A Rarely Recognized Pathology Linked to Stroke. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR6: Golfin S, Bongu S, Patel S, Boyle M, Chowdhary M, Munagala VM, Bussineau T. Ototoxicity in an animal model of repeated gentamicin intranasal irrigations. First place for Biomedical Research for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR7: Yousif Y, Patel S, Brooks E. Hemorrhagic Shock Secondary to Iliac Artery Aneurysms in The Setting of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD): A Case Report. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR8: Bui D, Braimakos A-J, Gandhi N, Schervish S, Sitto F, Verde J, Sreenivasan A, Turner I. From Visual Changes to Rapid Death: A Case Report of a Rare Neurologic Infectious Disease. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR9: Farias J, Pervez A, Brooks E. Graves’ Disease in a Young Puerto Rican Woman: A Case Report. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR10: Venkatesh H, Hussain A, Osobamiro O. Blinded by Acid: Acidemia-induced Sudden Painless & Reversible Total Vision Loss. Second place in Case Reports for oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR11: Hanna M, Polanco G, Turner I, Rountree K. A Case of Vertebral Basilar Insufficiency in the Setting of a Completely Occluded Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR12: Najor A, Salib N, Wills-Velez S, Barbat B. Cold agglutination syndrome: a frosty encounter with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR13: Bhulanja N. Sudden Blindness in DKA: Unraveling a Rare and Reversible Mystery. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR14: Alneser O, Salib N, Weerakoon N. Seronegative spondyloarthropathy: a rare presentation of Mycoplasma pneumonia. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
CR15: Jablonski T. M1 stenosis resulting in stroke in pregnant patient: a case report. Oral presentation at the Macomb Research Forum; January 22, 2025; Virtual. https://sites.google.com/view/macomb-forum/
Call for Abstracts
Abstract Deadline is October 6, 2024 has been extended to October 13, 2024
Once your abstract is accepted, you will need to submit a recording of an oral presentation by December 8, 2024. See Oral Presentations page for details.
Presenters were notified of acceptance around late October.
Recordings of oral presentations were due December 8, 2024
Recordings must be limited to ten minutes
Oral presentation must be accompanied by video of presenter(s). This can be done in:
PowerPoint (desktop version)
Teams (To download a meeting recording: Select the Files or Shared tab in the meeting chat, channel, or meeting in calendar. Find and select the file. Select More options > Download.)
Other recording software - must create an .mp4 file of recording OR generate a link to the recording that anyone can access
Recording (in .mp4 format) or link needs to be shared with lori.mills@mclaren.org.
Option 1: upload .mp4 to Google Drive, make viewable to anyone with the link, and share with lori.mills@mclaren.org.
Option 2: upload .mp4 to this Dropbox folder.
Option 3: if you upload your video to YouTube, make the video either Unlisted or Public and send link to lori.mills@mclaren.org.
Once posted, presentations were available to view through February 5, 2025.