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Previous Seldin Symposium Winners

2024

Seldin Scholar - Haitao Xu, M.D., M.S. - TARDIS Program
PBRM1 as a Predictive Therapeutic Biomarker for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Pancreas
Mentor: James Brugrarolas, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Karim Seif El Daham, M.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
Multicenter Comparison of Abbreviated MRI versus Ultrasound for Detecting Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis
Mentor: Amit Singal, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Emily Decicco, M.D. - PGY2
Blood Donations: An Opportunity to Identify Hypertriglyceridemia
Mentor: Zahid Ahmad, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Ruchi Desai, M.D. - PGY2
Reduction in the Concomitant Ordering of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein at an Academic Medical Center
Mentor: Puneet Bajaj, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Niharika Neela, M.D. - PGY2
Prescription of Teratogenic Medications for Reproductive-age Women with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in a Safety-Net Health System​
Mentor: Sandeep Das, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Vinayak Subramanian, M.D. - PGY2
Efficacy of an m-Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D.

Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

Sponsored by the Ron Anderson, M.D. Professorship in Clinical Care and Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital via the Hoblitzelle Foundation

Syed Rizvi, M.D. - PGY2
Adverse Social Determinants of Health in a LowIncome Population Hospitalized with Heart Failure
Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D.

Case Presentation Awards

Mauricio Ostrosky Frid, M.D., Ph.D. - Nephrology Fellow
Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit)-Associated AKI with Calcium Oxalate Crystalluria in Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplant
Mentor: Kamalanathan Sambandam, M.D.

James Robert, M.D. - Rheumatology Fellow
Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit)-Associated AKI with Calcium Oxalate Crystalluria in Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplant
Mentor: Haidy Galous, M.D.

Sanna Tejani, M.D. - PGY2
Vitamin A Deficiency and Decompensated Cirrhosis: An Insightful Connection
Mentor: Rachel Bonnema, M.D.

Social Impact Award

Tyler Wall, M.D. - PGY2 Medicine-Pediatrics
Role of Race and the Childhood Opportunity Index in Predicting Lung Function Outcomes Among Adolescents and Adults Born Premature
Mentor: Kara Goss, M.D.

Basic Science Award

Baije Xu, Ph.D.
Orthopedia Regulates Melanocortin 4 Receptor Transcription and Human Obesity Risk
Mentor: Chen Liu, Ph.D.

Amanda Clark, M.D.
Ghrelin-responsive Mediobasal Hypothalamic Neurons Mediate Exercise-associated Food Intake and Exercise Endurance
Mentor: SamirM. Parikh, M.D.

  • 2023

    Seldin Scholar - Lisandro Maya-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D, PSTP Cardiology Fellow
    Small peptide, large implications: Endotrophin in HFpEF
    Mentors: Joseph Hill, M.D., Ph.D. and Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.

    Foster Fellow - Olgert Bardhi, M.D., M.Sc., PGY1
    Next-Generation Sequencing Improves the Detection of Malignant Biliary Strictures and Canges Management
    Mentor: Tarek Sawas, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Ijeoma Eleazu, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
    Associations of Cumulative Perceived Stress with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Outcomes:
    Findings from The Dallas Heart Study
    Mentor: James de Lemos, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Juan Salcedo Betancourt, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
    Therapeutic Hypothermia in Low-Risk Non-Pumped Brain-Dead Kidney Donor
    Mentor: Madhukar Patel, M.D., M.B.A., SC.M., Department of Surgery

    Foster Fellow - Sumitabh Singh, M.D., PGY2
    Frailty Status Modifies the Efficacy of Primary Prevention ICD Therapy Among Patients with Heart Failure
    Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D., M.S.C.S.

    Foster Fellow - Aaron Smith, M.D., PGY2
    Ageism in Rheumatology: the Health Care Professional's Perspective
    Mentor: Una Makris, M.D.

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    Sponsored by the Ron Anderson, M.D. Professorship in Clinical Care and Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital via the Hoblitzelle Foundation

    May Xac, M.D. - PGY2
    OutPaTient effort to Improve Medication Uptitration and Maintenance (OPTIMUM)
    Mentor: Sandeep Das, M.D.

    Case Presentation Awards

    Fieke Hoff, M.D., Ph.D. - PGY2
    Early-Onset Diabetes Mellitus as Presenting Feature of Werner Syndrome in an Indian Family
    Mentor: Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.

    Vasanthan Kuppuswamy, M.D., Cameron Landers, M.D. - Pulmonary and Critical Fellows
    A Case of Fatal Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Acute Pancreatitis due to Coxsackie B4 Infection
    Mentor: Carlos Cardenas, M.D.

    Mauricio Ostrosky-Frid, M.D., Ph.D. - PSTP Nephrology Fellow
    Hydroxocobalamin-triggered blood leak detection during hemodialysis in a liver transplant patient
    Mentors: Laila Lakhani, M.D. and Charles Owens, M.D.

    Social Impact Award

    John Hanna, M.D. - Infectious Diseases Fellow
    Auto-spatial Relationship of Health Inequalitiesand Multi-drug Resistant Organisms
    Mentor: Richard Medford, M.D.

    Basic Science Award

    Li Li, Ph.D.
    Delineating a Serotonin Receptor Pathway for Appetite Suppression
    Mentor: Chen Liu, Ph.D.

    Omprakash Singh, Ph.D.
    Ghrelin-responsive Mediobasal Hypothalamic Neurons Mediate Exercise-associated Food Intake and Exercise Endurance
    Mentor: Jeffrey Zigman, M.D., Ph.D.

  • 2022

    Seldin Scholar - Nil Saez-Calveras, M.D., Preliminary Neurology Intern
    Profiling Tau Pathology in Essential Tremor
    Mentor: Elan Louis, M.D., M.S.

    Foster Fellow - Matthew Almonte, M.D., PGY2
    Online and Simulation Based Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound Training for Residents, a Randomized Pilot Study
    Mentors: Anish Bhatt, M.D

    Foster Fellow - Angela Duvalyan, M.D., PGY2
    “Doctor” Badge Intervention to Mitigate Provider Level Risk Associated with Housestaff Role Misrepresentation
    Mentor: Sarah Williams, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Meredith McAdams, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
    Risk Prediction for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Withstanding Variants over Time
    Mentor: Susan Hedayati, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Kristeen Onyirioha, M.D., PGY3
    Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Suspicious (LI-RADS 4) Liver Observations
    Mentor: Amit Singal, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Taylor Triana, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
    The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Coronary Artery Calcium and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: The Dallas Heart Study
    Mentor: Amit Khera, M.D.

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    May Xac, M.D. - PGY1
    Creation of the Parkland GDMT Score: A One-Stop Shop for Understanding Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy
    Mentor: Sandeep Das, M.D.

    Case Presentation Awards

    Heather Dalton, M.D. - Hospice and Palliative Care Fellow
    The Burdens Facing Caregivers of Adolescents with Medical Complexity in Their Transition to the Adult Healthcare System
    Mentor: Kelly Newcomer, M.D.

    Bilal Ashraf, M.D. - Med-Peds PGY4
    Antibody and Inhibitor Negative TTP Presenting with Stroke
    Mentor: Ibrahim Ibrahim, M.D.

    Sapna Pathak, M.D. - PGY2
    SGLT-2 Inhibitor-Induced Secondary Erythrocytosis
    Mentor: Monika Kumar M.D.

    Social Impact Award

    Danielle Morelli, M.D. - Med-Psych PGY3
    Racism: A Mental Health Crisis – An Approach to Teaching Antiracism and Cultural
    Intersectionality as it Pertains to Race in the UTSW Psychiatry Clerkship
    Mentor: Kathlene Trello-Rishell, M.D.

  • 2021

    Seldin Scholar - Shreyo Rao, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
    Longitudinal Trajectories and Predictors of County-Level Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States (1980-2014)
    Mentor: Abarish Pandey, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Ashwini Arvind, M.D., PGY1
    Natural History and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Indeterminate (LI-RADS 3) Lesions
    Mentor: Dr. Amit G. Singal, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Roy Elias, M.D., TARDIS
    An extensive renal cell carcinoma tumorgraft platform supporting innovation and advances in biological understanding, biomarker development and precision medicine
    Mentors: James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D. and Payal Kapur, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Meredith McAdams, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
    COVID-19 and Kidney Transplant Recipients: Immunosuppression Management and Outcomes
    Mentor: Susan Hedayati, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Alonso Pezo Salazar, M.D., Infectious Disease Fellow
    Laboratory Stewardship As A Cost-Reduction Initiative During the COVID19 Pandemic at the VA North Texas Health Care System
    Mentor: Donald Storey, M.D.

    Foster Fellow - Rahul Sheth M.D., PGY2
    Maladaptive atrial remodeling in muscular dystrophy
    Mentor: Pradeep Mammen, M.D.

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    Anne Marie Kerchberger, M.D. - PGY2
    Patient Safety Utilization Following Implementation of Nurse Driven Sitter Protocol

    Case Presentation Awards

    John Hanna, M.D. - Infectious Diseases Fellow
    An Unusual Case of Blastomycosis Presenting with Acute Airway Obstruction from a Retropharyngeal Abscess and Complicated by Severe Hypokalemia from Posaconazole

    Elisa Pichlinski, M.D. - PGY3
    Generalized tetanus in a black tar heroin user: opportunities for prevention

    Jasmina Solankee, M.D. - MS4
    Diabetic Myonecrosis in a Pediatric Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Advocacy and Social Justice

    Sarah Herrman M.D., Joshua Immergluck M.D., Ashwin Rao M.D., Kayla Riggs M.D.
    Impact of Narrative Reflection on Resident Well-being and Development

    Kristen Wong, M.D. - PGY3
    Empowering Residents to Respond to Microaggressions

  • 2020

    Seldin Scholar - Matthew Segar, M.D., PGY2
    Machine Learning-based and Race Specific Models to Predict 10-year Risk of Incident Heart Failure

    Foster Fellow - Emmanuel Adomako, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
    Idiopathic Hypokalemia in Lupus Nephritis: A Previously Unrecognized Entity

    Foster Fellow - Colin Hinkamp, M.D., PGY2
    Diffuse Ground Glass Opacities and an Elevated Fungitell–Weighed Down by Anchoring Bias

    Foster Fellow - Po-Hong "Stuart" Liu, M.D., M.P.H., PGY2
    Thrombocytosis is Associated with Worse Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Foster Fellow - Meredith McAdams, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
    Dipstick Urinalysis can Identify Patients with Early CKD who Lack a Quantified Proteinuria Measurement

    Foster Fellow - Wally Omar M.D., Cardiology Fellow
    Self-Administration of Home Inotrope Therapy with End-Stage Heart Failure

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    Christiana Beveridge, M.D., M.B.A., - PGY2
    Patient Utilization and Cost Effectiveness of Shared Medical Appointments for Diabetes Management at Community Clinic

  • 2019

    Seldin Scholar - Matthew Segar, M.D., PGY1
    Machine Learning-based Unsupervised Cluster Analysis Identifies Phenogroups with Unique
    Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Response to Spironolactone: Insights from the TOPCAT Trial

    Foster Fellow - David Hsieh, M.D., Hematology/Oncology Fellow
    "Molecular glue" indisulam induces RBM39 degradation and splicing changes in acute myeloid leukemia

    Foster Fellow - Stephen Philip, M.D., PGY2
    Measuring Improvement in Clinical Reasoning with Script Concordance Tests

    Foster Fellow - Kayla Riggs, M.D., PGY2
    Inflammatory Marker, GlycA, Outperforms hsCRP in Predicting Cardiovascular Events

    Foster Fellow - Kristina Tzartzeva, M.D., PGY3
    A Case of Life-Threatening Recurrent Hemorrhage Due to Dialysis-Associated Thrombocytopenia

    Foster Fellow - Bryan Wu. M.D., PGY2
    Comparison of Pharmacy Refill Data with Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) in Assessing
    Non-Adherence to Cardiovascular Drugs in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    Nimish Shah, M.D. - PGY3
    Not-so-Smartlinks: Eliminating Superfluous Shortcuts to Reduce Discharge Medication Documentation Discrepancies

  • 2018

    Seldin Scholar - Ezim Ajufo, M.D. - PGY1
    Performance of a genetic risk score for coronary artery disease in a multi-ethnic cohort

    Foster Fellow - Stephan Buteau, M.D., PGY1
    Kidney Transplant Recipient with Non HLA Mediated Chronic Cellular Rejection; a unique case that may establish a new rule

    Foster Fellow - Kristina Tzartzeva, M.D. and Joseph Obi, M.D., PGY2
    Surveillance Imaging and Alpha Fetoprotein for Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma:
    A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

    Foster Fellow - Esther de Boer, M.D., PGY1
    “Light up”: Towards more exact detection and imaging of cancer

    Foster Fellow - Jainy Savla, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
    The Role of Myeloid Leukemia Factor 1 (MLF1) in Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle Regulation

    Foster Fellow - Lauren Smith, M.D., PGY3
    Predictors of Placement of Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Orders Among Patients with Breast, Lung, and Colon Cancer in a Safety Net Hospital System

    Case Presentation Awards

    Ari Bennett, M.D. - PGY 2
    Erythromelalgia Gets Misdiagnosed Again and Again

    Ashlin Christensen-Szalanski, M.D. - PGY1 Med/Psych Program
    Psychotic, Paranoid, and Parkinsonian

    John Marshall, M.D. - PGY1
    Calcitriol-Mediated Hypercalcemia in Borderline Lepromatous Leprosy

    Mridula Nadamuni, M.D. - PGY1 Med/Peds Program
    Diarrhea for Days: GI Disturbance as the Presenting Symptom of Anti-DPPX Encephalitis

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    Neil Keshvani, M.D. - PGY2

    Reducing Hospitalizations: Institution of Outpatient Infusional EPOCH-based Chemotherapy at a Safety-Net Hospital

  • 2017

    Seldin Scholar - Glynnis Garry, M.D., PGY1 PSTP
    A Twist-Dependent Progenitor Cell Contributes to Adult Skeletal Muscle

    Foster Fellow - Elizabeth McGehee, M.D., PGY2
    Treatment and Outcomes of Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Systematic Review

    Foster Fellow - Jeanney Lew, M.D., PGY3
    Understanding the Venus and Mars Effect: Sex-Based Differences in Cardiovascular Biomarkers

    Foster Fellow - Arjun Gupta, M.D., PGY3
    Gastric Acid Suppression and Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Foster Fellow - Justin Chen, M.D. - Allergy and Immunology Fellow
    Reflexive Penicillin Allergy Testing with In-Hospital Aztreonam Use

    Foster Fellow - Jasmin Singh, M.D., PGY1
    Homemade Silver Nanoparticle Pharmacology and Dramatic Activity in Highly Refractory
    Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer

    Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

    Deepika Satish, M.D. - PGY1
    Prescription Practices of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in a Public Health System

  • 2016

    Distinction in Basic Science - Danniel Zamora, M.D., PGY2
    Peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PPMOs) and their potential
    use against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

    Distinction in Quality and Improvement - Mark Weinreich, M.D., PGY2
    A Novel Early Mobilization Program In The ICU: A Quality Improvement Project

    Clinical Vingette 1st place - Thalvinder Sangha, M.D., PGY2
    Initial Presentation of Polyarteritis Nodosa as ischemic colitis

    Clinical Vingette 2nd place - Carlos Cardenas, M.D., PGY2
    A Case of Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Confirmed by Thoracentesis

    Clinical Research 1st place - Christina Yek, M.D., PGY1
    Success of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in an Indigent Population

    Clinical Research 2nd Place - Timothy J. Brown, M.D., PGY1
    Extensive resection improves survival in glioblastoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Clinical Research Fellow - Yu (Ray) Zuo, M.D., Rheumatology Fellow
    Comparative Analysis of a Novel Antiphospholipid Assay Utilizing a Mixture of Negatively
    Charged Phospholipid Antigens and Criteria Antiphospholipid Immunoassays in Lupus Patients