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Congratulations to our 2021 Abstract Competition winners!

Research

First Place (Resident): Aaron Brown - Extraperioteneal Bladder Rupture Presenting as a Pseudo-Acute Kidney Injury
First Place (Student): Brendan Seto (pictured) - Causally Observed: Evaluating the Methodology of Large, Non-Randomized HCQ Studies

Case Reports

First Place (Resident): Victoria Mank - Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
First Place (Student): Jessica Shiosaki - Serum Diagnosis of Early Colorectal Cancer in a Multiethnic Cohort

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Hawaii Chapter receives 2021 Chapter Excellence Gold Award

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2021 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 44 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet twenty-one 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.