Physicians on the Move

Associate and Medical Student Presenters at Internal Medicine 2010

We are honored to have six Associate members and two Medical Student members represent our Chapter at Internal Medicine 2010 in Toronto.

  • Johnathan J Frunzi, MD from the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Mi Agua Esta Cebrar.
  • Kristina J Hernandez, DO from the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: The Borne Deception: Severe Babesiosisr.
  • Michelle Min Kyong Kim, DO from the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Achoo, Please Excuse My Esophagus!
  • Cristian Madar, MD from the Tripler Army Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Pheochromocytoma Associated with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Presenting as a ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
  • Abdul W Nuristani, MD from the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Severe Cholestatic Jaundice Induced by Thyrotoxicosis.
  • J Reggie Thomas, DO from the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Basic Research - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Colonoscopy Bowel Prep: Two-day Vs One-day Regimen In Patients At Risk For Slow Bowel Transit.
  • Alan Beneze from the University of Arizona was selected as a 2010 Student Basic Research - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Treatment After Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Downregulates Genes Implicated in the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS).
  • Hardeep Phull from the Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland Program was selected as a 2010 Student Basic Research - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Using An Electrochemical Biosensor.


    • New Fellows

    The Chapter recognizes and congratulates the following Arizona physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College the last six months:

    Sophie Bersoux, MD FACP- Scottsdale
    Jonathan W Hackenyos, DO FACP- Chandler
    Jennifer Suriano, MD FACP- Oro Valley

    Fellowship is an honor achieved by those recognized by their peers for personal integrity, superior competence in internal medicine, professional accomplishment, and demonstrated scholarship.

    The Arizona Chapter would like to thank the following members for recruiting their colleagues as part of ACP's new Recruit-a-Colleague program:

    Ilangovan Govindarajan, MBBS

    Have you received an award, appointment, certification or other honor? Have you done interesting volunteer work, had an article published, received a promotion? We'd like to share your good news in this section of the newsletter and post the information on our Chapter website. Please e-mail items of interest to Chapter's Communications Administrator: Wesley Lewis via email: Wesley.Lewis.AZ@gmail.com. Thanks!

    Page updated: 3/12/10