2023 MI-ACP and SHM-MI Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Competition and Doctor's Dilemma ® Winners!
Resident Clinical Vignette Oral Presentation Winners
1st Place: “Wellen's Syndrome: Is a single electrocardiogram sufficient?” - Asem Ayyad, MBBS, Resident at Henry Ford Hospital Detroit
2nd Place (Tie): "Parsonage-Turner syndrome after routine Influenza Vaccination” - Daniel Emrick, MD, Resident at Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University
2rd Place (Tie): “A Rare Case of Polyarteritis Nodosa Masquerading as Giant Cell Arteritis” - Sirisha Sakhamuru, MD, Resident at Henry Ford Hospital Macomb
Resident Research Oral Presentation Winners
1st Place: “Safety and Efficacy of Cerebral Embolic Protection Systems in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” - Mustapha Choucair, MD, Resident at Beaumont Health Royal Oak Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital
2nd Place : “Does Right Ventricular to Left Ventricular Size Ratio Obtained on Imaging Predict Invasive Hemodynamic Parameters?” - Inderpal Singh, MD, Resident at Ascension St. John
3rd Place: “Trends in the Incidence of Thyroid Cancers by Histology and Gender in past 20 years.” - Aaron Kurian, MD, Resident at McLaren Flint
Resident CQI/EBM Overall Winner
“Improvement of Well-being Among Internal Medicine Residents in McLaren Flint Hospital: A QI Project”- Calvin Ghimire, MD, Resident at McLaren Flint
Resident Clinical Vignette Poster Winners
1st Place: "Lipoprotein(a), a routine consideration in the management of STEMI" - Karldon Nwaezeapu, MD, Resident at Trinity Health Ann Arbor
2nd Place: "Cannabis use leading to heart block and fatal arrhythmia" - Gaurav Mudgal, MD, Resident at Trinity Health Oakland
3rd Place (Tie): “An Unsolved Case of Digital Ischemia and Gangrene” - Ayat Abyad, MD, Resident at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
3rd Place (Tie): “AVP deficiency and altered mentation as seen in a flare up of neurosarcoidosis” - Jason Law, MD, Resident at Michigan State University Sparrow Main Hospital
Resident Clinical Vignette Poster Winners
1st Place: "A Comparison of non-COVID-19 Hospital Mortality Rates During COVID Surges Compared to Pre-Pandemic Periods" - Adrienne Yun, MD, Resident at Ascension St. John
2nd Place: “Association between calcium supplementation and prevention from gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and other maternal outcomes: A Meta-analysis of 27 randomized controlled trials.” - Amey Joshi, MD, Resident at Michigan State University Sparrow Main Hospital
3rd Place: “Identifying Clinical Characteristics that Affect Treatment Response in Women with Early versus Late Onset Breast Cancer” - Ali Khalil, MD, Resident at Ascension St. John
Medical Student Clinical Vignette Poster Winners
1st Place: “Bullous pemphigoid reaction following Shingrix® vaccine in a patient with ischemic stroke” - Noor Hammoud, Medical Student at Central Michigan University
2nd Place: “Late-Onset Huntington's Disease With Unique Cardiac and Gastrointestinal Manifestations” - Shivani Reddy, Medical Student at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
3rd Place: “Reduction of hyperinflation and subcutaneous emphysema by bronchoscopic lung volume reduction.” - Michael Brennan, Medical Student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
Medical Student Research Posters Winners
1st Place: “It's How You Ask It - Uncovering the True Extent of a Patient’s Smoking History: A Prospective Survey-Based Study” - Stephen Szabadi, Medical Student at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
2nd Place: “The Effects of Curcumin on ERα, p53, and p21 in the MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line” - Samantha Pfiffner, Medical Student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
3rd Place:“Assessing the Impact and Development of Mentors and Leaders in Medical School Learning Communities” - Chelsea Yu, Medical Student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
Medical Student CQI/EBM Overall Winners (tie)
“Incorporating Patient Safety in Pre-clinical Education: Integrating the SBAR Communication Tool into BLS Training" - Anne Patterson, Medical Student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
"Improving Health Care Equity for the Latinx Community of Metro Detroit Through a Student-Run Clinic Initiative" - Jose Lopez, Medical Student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
SHM-MI Resident Winners
1st Place: “Massive hemoptysis following COVID-19 [[infection]]" - Lissette Orozco Bersoza, MD, Resident at Trinity Health Ann Arbor
2nd Place: “The Unnecessary Discontinuation of Metformin Prior to Heart Catheterization” - Sherilyn Munoz, DO, Resident at Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University
3rd Place: “Percutaneous Aspiration of Vegetation versus Surgical Vegetectomy for Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies” - Andrew Kim, MD, Resident at Michigan State University Sparrow Main Hospital
SHM-MI Medical Student Winner
“Subacute Combined Degeneration in the Setting of Recreational Nitrous Oxide Use” - Christine Simon, Medical Student at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Doctor's Dilemma ® Winning Team
Trinity Health Grand Rapids
From left to right: John Westfall, DO, Ali Nasir, MD and Tudor Moldovan, MD
2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Gold Winner
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians.
We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2023 Board of Governors Resolutions
(August 2023) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 3-F23 which was accepted as a reaffirmation and will not be debated, please review the balance of the slate and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the resolutions electronic response form by August 30th.
After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College’s Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 30. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Congratulations Dr. King-Jodoi on Fellowship
- Jacqueline O King-Jodoi, MD FACP
(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellow. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Call for Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The recently released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is October 16, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
BOR Action on Spring 2023 BOG Resolutions
(June 2023) summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
Sian Yik Lim, MD FACP
Travis Watai, MD FACP
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!
Chapter Reception at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023
(March 2023) If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at ACP California/Arizona and Hawaii Chapters Reception—6:00-7:30 p.m., Half Door Brewery, 903 Island Avenue, San Diego, CA.
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions
(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions
(February 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
2023 ACP Hawai‘i Chapter Abstract Competition Winners
(February 2023) Congratulations to this year's abstract competition winners! Thank you to all those who presented, reviewed and judged making this year's competition a success!
- Resident Research 1st Place: Horyun Choi "Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal: Systematic Review"
- Resident Research 2nd Place: Andrew Pham "The Role of Biomarkers in Predicting High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) Success in COIVD-19 ARDS"
- Resident Research 3rd Place: Maan Gozun "Echocardiographic validity of the electrocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial enlargement in the elderly Asian population"
- Student Research 1st Place: Amanda Chau "Mobility Device Use and Frailty Progression in Older Adults with Mobility Impairment"
- Student Research 2nd Place: Mikayla Sonnleitner "Characteristics of Older Adults with Positive Neurocognitive Screens in the Geriatric ED"
- Student Research 3rd Place: Eduardo Biala, Jr. "Validation of the Edmonton Frail Scale-Acute Care in patients ≥ 65 years undergoing surgery"
- Top Fellow Research Presentation: Gull Mahvish"Improving Communication Skills Amongst Clinicians Through Formal Evidence Based Training"
- Top Resident Case Presentation: Helena Holmgren "A Heart Stopping Case; Young Woman with Cardiac Tamponade, Right Atrial Mass, and Miliary Lung Nodules"
- Top Medical Student Case Presentation: Shirley Cheng "Breast Nodular Fasciitis in a Postmenopausal Woman: A Case Report and Review of Recent Literature"
Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions
(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2022 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit your ACP chapter website for more information on how to contact your Governor or chapter staff about proposing a resolution.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(November 2022) We would like to congratulate our chapter member on election to Fellowship of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
- Feng Cheng, MD
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!
Congratulations Alvin N. Furuike, MD, MACP on being awarded Mastership
(October 2022) We are excited to share that the [Mastership/Awards] Committee and the Board of Regents have approved Alvin N. Furuike, MD, MACP to receive Mastership during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.
ACP Bylaws state that MACPs shall be Fellows who have been selected because of “integrity, positions of honor, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine.” MACPs must be highly accomplished persons demonstrating impact in practice, leadership, or in medical research. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors, such as renown within their field and/or ACP chapter, research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, administrative positions, care of patients, and service to their community.
One of the goals of the American College of Physicians is to “recognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine.” As a way of achieving this goal, the College offers 21 awards and a number of Masterships each year. Annually, awardees and MACPs are honored at the Convocation ceremony held during the Internal Medicine meeting.