Published June 14, 2018 This content is archived.
Two residents and two fellows earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the 21st Annual Graduate Medical Education (GME) Scholarly Exchange Day.
Recipients of Scholarly Exchange Day Research Awards are as follows:
Mahdi Alsaleem, MD
Neonatal-perinatal medicine fellow
Basic science award winner
“Optimal Inspired Oxygen Concentration During Chest Compressions in Term Lambs With Perinatal Asphyxia-Induced Cardiac Arrest”
Mentor: Munmun Rawat, MD, research assistant professor of pediatrics
Yuanquan Yang, MD, PhD
Hematology/oncology fellow
Clinical research award winner
“High CD8+ Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes at Prostatectomy are Associated With Improved Survival of Prostate Cancer Patients”
Mentors: Gurkamal S. Chatta, MD, professor of medicine; Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD
Huy Phan, MD
Internal medicine resident
Quality Improvement research award winner
“Guideline Directed Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Optimization in a Primary Care Setting”
Mentor: Smita Y. Bakhai, MD, assistant professor of medicine
Rebeccah Stevens, MD
Generalist scholar
Other research award winner
“Post-Partum Birth Control Utilization in Immigrants Vs. Non-Immigrants”
Mentor: Faye E. Justicia-Linde, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Other presenters were:
Basic research
Clinical research
Quality improvement research
Educational research
Other research
Scholarly Exchange Day provides participants an opportunity to deliver poster presentations and interact with other researchers and the school’s alumni.
It takes place each year in conjunction with the UB Medical Alumni Association’s Spring Clinical Day.
This year’s event took place May 5 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in downtown Buffalo.