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The Lansing Research Day was held at the University Club on the campus of Michigan State University, April 30, 2008.

• Awards for posters presentations were:
  Drs. Erin Sarzynski, MD and Neethi Sural, MD tied for "Best Research Case Study".

• Oral Presentations were given by:
  
  Abhijeet Dhoble, MD: Disparity in Use of Beta Blocks Before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  Robert Vaidya, DO: Secondary Prevention Guidelines for Stroke in Diabetics.
  Ashima Makol, MD: Effect of Pheumatod Factor (RF) Levels on Response to Stamdard Dmard-Combination Treatment in Patients with Rheumatoid Athritis (RH).
  Nitesh Gadeela, MD: Do B Blockers Reduce Ventricular Arrythmias in ICD Patients?

• Posters were presented by:
  Abhijeet Dhoble, MD (x2)
  Sandeep Goyal, MD (x2)
  Chethan Puttarajappa, MD (x2)
  Rudruidree Karnchanasorn, MD
  Abhimanyu Beri, MD
  Sahibzada Latif, MD
  Erin Sarzynski, MD
  Kevin Patel, MD
  Nandu Gourineni, MD
  Neethi Sural, MD

The following residents had been selected to present at the 2008 Internal Medicine ACP abstract competition to be held in Washington D.C, May 15-17, 2008:

"Third Trimester "Hamman's syndrome" Abhimanyu Beri, MD
"Anti-TNF Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double Edged Sword!", Ashima Makol, MD
"A for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and A for Angiodema: A complication internist should not forget." Neethi Sural, MD

The following residents received Honorable Mention in the 2007 GIM Johns Hopkins Housestaff Research Awards:

• Kevin Patel, MD for his abstract "Evaluation of the Prevalence and Economic Burden of Adverse Drug Reactions Presenting to the Medical Emergency Department of a Teriary Referral Centre: A Prospective Study".
• Sahibzada Latif, MD for his abstract"Pediatric Pancreatitis; Incidence and Analysis of Etiologies and Recurrence".
• Abhijeet Dhoble, MD for "Use of Beta Blockers, Lipid Lowering agents, and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme - Inhibitors Before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction".

Abhijeet Dhoble, MD co-authored an abstract titled "Use of Beta Blockers, Lipid Lowering agents, and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme - Inhibitors Before Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction" that has been accepted for presentation at the National SGIM Meeting in Philadelphia.

Congratulations to resident co-author Nitesh Gadeela on his publication: Utility of Isoproterenol During Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Hakan Oral; Thomas Crawford; Melissa Frederick; Nitesh Gadeela; Alan Wimmer; Sujoya Dey; Jean F. Sarrazin; Michael Kuhne; Nagib Chalfoun; Darryl Wells; Eric Good; Krit Jongnarangsin; Aman Chugh; Frank Bogun; Frank Pelosi, Jr; Fred Morday. As well as his publication: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation guided by Complex Electrograms.

The 2007 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held on September 6-8, 2007 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Two residents were chosen to give oral presentations this year.

• Acquired C1 Esterase Inhibitor Deficiency Type 1: Three Case Reports And A Review Of The Literature presented by Amarbir Mattewal, MD
• Hypercalcemic Crisis In Hepatic Tuberculosis: An Uncommon Presentation In An Uncommon Condition presented by Madhusudan Grover, MD

The following posters were presented by residents at the competition:

• Masentereic Ischemia Secondary to Low Output Cardiac Failure: A Series of Unfortunate Hemodynamic Events presented by Abhijeet Dhoble, MD
• Anti TNF-alpha Agents in Rheumatiod Arthritis: A Double Edged Sword? presented by Ashima Makol, MD
• Recurrent Thromotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Complicated by Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated Using Rituximab presented by Nandu Gourineni, MD
• Gastric Perforation Secondary To A Nasogastric Tub presented by Sahibzada Latif, MD
• Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Rare Case And Novel Approach To Treatment presented by Tarundeep Kaur, MD

Drs. Abhijeet Dhoble, Ashima Mokal and Nandu Gourineni at the 2007 Fall ACP Associates Meeting, Kalamazoo Michigan

Two residents were chosen to give oral presentations this year.

• Is It Being Used The Right Way? Home Nebulizer Use Among Children And Young Adults Dying From Asthma, Michigan, 2002-2004 presented by Amit Gupta, MD
• Testicular and Epididymal Involvement in Sarcoidosis presented by Amabir Mattewal, MD and won 2nd place in the competition.

The following posters were presented by residents at the competition:

• Inhaled Steroids, "Adrenal Tumor", and Cushing's Syndrome presented by Kalyan Kosuri, MD and Amarbir Mattewal, MD
• Amyloid Associated Muscle Pseudohypertrophy presented by Amarbir Mattewal, MD Hepatocellular Carcinoma In An 18 Year Old Male presented by Amarbir Mattewal, MD
• Interatrial Thorombus In Patent Foramen Ovale With Pulmonary Embolism: A Rare Association presented by Shalabh Chandra, MD and Nitesh Gadeela, MD
• An Unusual Cause Of Abdominal Pain And Vomiting In A Diabetic Woman presented by Gautam Choure, MD and Atul Khasnis, MD
• Acquired Dextro-Position Of Heart: An Unexpected Finding In A Patient Presenting With Dyspnea presented by Nandu Gourineni,MD and Adriano Tonelli, MD
• Ibuprofen-Induced Hypothermia In Hiv presented by Nandu Gourineni, MD, Adriano Tonelli, MD and Gautam Choure, MD
• Anti-Smooth muscle and Anti Hepatitis C antibodies, Is this Autoimmune hepatitis or Hepatitis C ? - A diagnostic dilemma presented by Sachin Gupta, MD, Panchali Khanna, MD and Ashwani Gupta, MD
• Natural History Of Recurrent Metastatic Medullary Carcinoma: A Rare Case Of 15 Years Survival With Untreated Metastasis presented by Tarundeep Kaur, MD

The Lansing Research Day was held on the campus of Michigan State University, May 2006.

• Dr. Roshan Patel earned 1st prize for his research poster on "Aspirin Significantly Reduces Excimer Laser Induced Platelet Aggregation".
• Dr. Sachin Gupta earned 1st prize for his clinical case poster, "A Not so Unusual Cause of Near Fatal Lactic Acidosis in the Intensive Care Unit."
• Dr. Shalabh Chandra received "Best Case Study Poster".
• Dr. Oluchi Opara presented a case report, "an unusual case of HAART related lipodystrophy presenting as bladder neck abstruction ."
• Dr. Oluchi Opara presented a case report, "California group Viruses presenting as peripheral neuropathy in an adult." Dr. Oluchi also presented these two case studies at the ACP Associates meeting in May of 2006.

• Dr. Mohammad Pervaiz gave an oral presentation entitled Osteoporosis: A Potential Mimicker of Paget’s Disease. He received many complimentary comments after his presentation and had the opportunity to interact with international experts.

• Testicular and Epidydimal Involvement in Sarcoidosis presented by Amarbir Mattewal.
• Meperidine Induced Eosinophilia presented by Amit Gupta.
• Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis presented by Amit Gupta.

• Fatal Spontaneous Hematoma of the Thigh. Is Enoxaparin the Culprit? A Case Report and Review of the Literature presented by Amir Azeem
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Basophilia Masquerading as Bacterial Meningitis presented by Amit Gupta
• Calciphilaxis Presenting as Myopathy – An Atypical Presentation presented by Khanna Panchali
• Thrombocytopenia and Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy: A Diagnostic and Management Dilemma presented by Amarbir Mattewal
• D-Dimer Levels as a Consequence of Coronary Angiography presented by Mayya Sharat
• Osteopetrosis: A Rare Genetic Disease Characterized by Super Dense, But Fragile Bones presented by Pervaiz Mohammad
• Cat-Scratch Disease Presenting as Mono-Ocular Blindness presented by Syed Raza
• Development of Glioblastoma in Multiple Sclerosis: A Diagnostic Dilemma presented by Adriano Tonelli
• VRE Endocarditis – The Need to Use a Multi-Drug Regimen presented by Aastha Parsa
• An Atypical Cause of Recurrent Pneumonia presented by Jayanth Parsa

Residents compete in the Doctor's Dilemma Quiz Bowl at the 2005 Spring ACP Associates Meeting

Dr. Adriano Tonelli, with his third prize winning poster at the 2005 Spring ACP Associates Meeting

The 2005 Spring ACP Michigan Chapter Associates Day was held May 6, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.

Kiran Sarikonda, Atul Khasnis, Amarbir Mattewal, and Molly Caldwell-McMillan represented MSU in the Doctor's Dilemma "Jeopardy" quiz competition and placed 2nd out of the eleven residencies in the competition.

Our residents also presented the following posters at the meeting:

• Development of Glioblastoma in Multiple Sclerosis: A Diagnostic Dilemma presented by Adriano Tonelli, M.D. who received 3rd Place in the Clinical Abstract competition (out of 148 poster abstracts presented at the meeting).
• Kallman Syndrome: Late diagnosis and unusual presentation presented by Amit Gupta, M.D.
• Post surgical meningitis due to Lactobacillus in an immunocompetent patient presented by Amarbir Mattewal. M.D.
• Acquired hemophilia in a patient with Castleman's Disease presented by Venkata Parsa, M.D.
• Kaposi's varicelliform eruption - a case report presented by Kiran Sarikonda, M.D.
• Cytomegalovirus retinitis as a serious concern in tolerogenic immunosuppressive regimens presented by Anand Tandra, M.D.
• Epididymo-orchitis with abscess in a diabetic patient caused by Candida glabrata presented by MaryAnn Tran, M.D.

The 2004 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held September 30 - October 3, 2004 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City Michigan. The residents presented the following posters at the competition:

• Malposition of pacemaker lead in the left ventricle: clinical and radiographic features presented by Sharat Mayya, M.D, who received an honorable mention.
• A case of ventricular tachycardia (VT) after acetaminophen (AC) overdose presented by Zaher Al-Shallah, M.D.
• A case report of HTLV-1 associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in Michigan, USA presented by Amir Azeem, M.D.
• Brain abcess in hereditary hemorrhagic telagiectasia - a case report and Relapsing polychondritis and myelodysplasia - a case report presented by Kiran Sarikonda, M.D.
• A case of reduced warfarin sensitivity secondary to hypothyroidism presented by Kristofer Dosh, M.D.
• Atypical lymphocytosis secondary to disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient being treated with Infliximab and Fulminant cytomegalgaloviral pneumonia after Infliximab in a patient with Crohn's disease presented by Asad Mohmand, M.D.
• An unusual case of TTP-HUS resulting from low-estrogen containing oral contraceptive and Nytroglycerin-induced asystole presented by Sandeep Sohal, M.D.

The 2004 Spring ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held May 7, 2004 at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan. Two of our senior residents received awards.

• Dr. Mini Kamboj, with her third prize winning poster at the 2004 Spring ACP Associates Meeting

  Dr. Dexter Estrada received third place for his oral presentation entitled "Radiometric Quantitation of PAIgG Stratifies Treatment Responce In ITP Patients.". Dr. Estrada completed the project with John M. Davis and Dr. Schwartz.
• Dr. Mini Kamboj received third place for one of her two posters, which were entitled "Is the epidemiology of non-HIV brain abscesses changing: A five-year review from a community hospital" and "Staphylococcus aureus resistant to macrolides: Should Clindamycin be used?" Both efforts were completed under the supervision of Dr. Kak, and with Dr. Khalife for the second.

The 2003 Fall ACP/ASIM Michigan Chapter Scientific Meeting was held September 18-21, 2003 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City Michigan. The residents presented the following posters at the competition:

• A Case Series of Patients with Inadvertent Iatrogenic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrilator Deactivation presented by by Kwsai Al-Rallah, M.D.
• Severe Transaminase Elevation in Patients with Hepatitus A Using HMG-COA Reductase Inhibitors presented by Kristofer Dosh, M.D..
• An Unusual Case of Disseminated Aspergillosis in an Intensive Care Patient presented by Dr. Kristofer Dosh.(Honorable mention)
• A Rare Case of Relapsing Polychondritus presented by Ehab Eltahawy, M.D.
• Epidemiology and Outcomes of Clostridial Bacteremia in a Community Hospital presented by Apoorv Kalra, M.D.
• Chronic Vulvar Pruritus: An Atypical Presentation of Sarcoidosis presented by Mini Kamboj, M.D.
• Successful Endovascular Management of Extensive Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in May-Thurner Syndrome presented by Asad Mohmand, M.D.
• Coma in the Intensive Care Unit-An Unusual Case presented by Venkata Parsa, M.D.
• Idiopathic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone presented by Mehdi Khosravi, M.D.
• Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in Michigan presented by Mehdi Khosravi, M.D.
• West Nile Virus in Michigan presented by Mehdi Khosravi, M.D.

Also at the Annual meeting, Dexter Estrada, M.D. was asked to display his 2003 Associates Day 1st place Competition poster titled: A Very Fascinating Case of Combined Immunocytopenia with IgG Antibodies Against Red Cells, Platelets, and Granulocytes.

2003 FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Summer Research Conference in Vermont

Venkata Parsa, M.D. presented a poster titled "Factor XIII Deficiency is Clinically Under Recognized" at the national summer research conference for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.