Member Accomplishments

Internal Medicine 2008 Abstract Presenters

We were honored to have 18 Chapter Members represent our Chapter for the Associate and Medical Student Abstract Competition held during Internal Medicine 2008.

Special kudos to Cheryl K. Conner a from the Eastern Virginia Medical School who was selected as a winner for her Research Poster called The Efficacy Of Tenofovir Plus Emtricitabine Or Lamivudine-Containing Regimens In HIV-Infected Patients With A Pre-Existing M184v Reverse Transcriptase Mutation. Additional chapter presenters include:

  • Michon Bechamps, MD, from the Eastern Virginia Medical School Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Kidneys Don't Like Drowning Either
  • Bo H. Chao, MD, from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Program was selected in the Research category for the Poster The Bcl-2 Family Proteins Inhibitor ABT-737 And The Selective Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Imatinib Inhibit Small Cell Lung Cancer Growth Synergistically
  • Qasim M. Cheema, MD, from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Program was selected in the Research category for the Poster Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors And Changes In Serum Creatinine Levels After Coronary Angiography And Angioplasty
  • Aimee M. Collins, MD, from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster The Adult Patient With Congenital Heart Disease: How To Treat A Broken Heart
  • Dana Davis, MD, from the Eastern Virginia Medical School Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Fat That Leaves You Breathless
  • Dexter G. De Leon, MD, from the Carilion Health System Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis
  • Dana N. Freeman, MD, from the Eastern Virginia Medical School Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Posters Cryptococcus Neoformans: An Equal Opportunity Infector and Movers And Shakers: Dka Electrolyte Imbalances
  • Christopher Gelwix, MD, from the Virginia Commonwealth University was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Variant Angina Refractory To Treatment
  • Erik K. Lappinen, from the Eastern Virginia was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Rare Tumor From Embryological-Tissue Remnant.
  • Jennifer L. Lyons, from the Georgetown was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Epistaxis As Presenting Symptom Of E. Chaffeensis In An HIV-Infected Patient
  • Sheetal A. Majethia, MD, from the Eastern Virginia Medical School Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster "Pissing (In The) Wind" Crohn's Disease Presenting As Pneumaturia And Entero-Vesicular Fistula
  • Cynthia Miranda-Gonzalez, DO, from the Eastern Virginia Medical School Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Venting The Spleen: Splenosis Presenting As A Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  • Kyong Chong Phar, MD, PharmD, from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Interaction Between Amiodarone And Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
  • Ali Sharifian, MD, from the Eastern Virginia Medical School Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette category for the Poster Early Detection Of Cardiac Sarcoidosis Using Mri
  • Douglas W. Talk, from the Eastern Virginia was selected in the Research category for the Poster Effect Of The Children's Hospital Of The King's Daughters "Healthy You" Program On Improving Child And Parent/Guardian Health Knowledge And Behaviors.
  • Amit Varma, MD, from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Program was selected in the Research category for the Poster Does Etiology Of Anemia Predict Outcome In Patients Undergoing Coronary Stenting?
  • David Winchester, MD, from the University of Virginia Program was selected in the Research category for the Poster Novel Precipitants Of Apical Ballooning Syndrome

Congratulations to the following Virginia physician who will be awarded Mastership during Convocation at Internal Medicine 2008 in Washington, DC:

  • Donald M. Knowlan, MD, MACP - Fairfax

Congratulations to the following Chapter members who advanced to Fellowship in the American College of Physicians in July 2008:

  • Mohammad K. Ashraf, MBBS, FACP - Lynchburg
  • Alfred E. Fernandez, MD, FACP - Chesapeake
  • Samuel D. Vernon, MD, FACP - Marion
  • Mark D. Weisman, MD, FACP - Virginia Beach

If you have any current news to share about yourself or a colleague that we can celebrate, please email it to Ann Tennett and specify that it is for the Member Accomplishments section of the Chapter Web site.


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