Congratulations to the 2021 Eastern Region Award Winners
Presented October 23, 2021
2021 Regional Doctors Dilemma Winner: Geisinger
Professionalism Award for Trainees
- Dr. Arjan Ahluwalia - Lehigh Valley Health Network
- Dr. Neil Amin - York Hospital
- Dr. Sreekant Avula - The Wright Center for GME
- Dr. Amlish Gondal & Dr. Sushmita Khadka - Guthrie/Robert Packer Hospital
- Dr. Marie Krielle Tasha Pantino - St. Luke's Health Network - Anderson campus
- Dr. Nishit Patel - St. Luke's University Health Network - Easton Campus
- Dr. Anish Paudel - Tower Health
- Dr. Jesse T. Raposa - Geisinger Northeast, IM residency program
- Dr. Pooja Saraiya - St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem
- Dr. Vrunda Vitalani - Penn State
- Dr. Mirja Wirtz - Geisinger
Top Scoring Posters
Clinical Vignette:
- 1st "Not Lichen This Rash" - Zaina Shahid
- 2nd Incidentally-Discovered, Contained Ruptured Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Following a Mechanical Fall - Paneeni Lohana
- 3rd Long-Term Omeprazole Use Causing Critical Electrolyte Derangements - Henry Lam
Research
- 1st Precirrhotic Hepatic Bridging Fibrosis with and without Elevated Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient: Comparison of Clinical Outcomes after Transjugular Liver Biopsy Diagnosis - Tuan Vu
- 2nd Ultrasound versus CT guided Random Native Kidney Biopsies for Hospitalized Patients: Comparison of Clinical Outcomes and Complications - Tuan Vu
- 3rd An Increase in the Number of Residency Applications In the First Residency Match During a Pandemic – A Survey of Single Institution Medical Students - Faisal Aziz
QI:
- 1st Modernizing Colorectal Cancer Screening With Cologuard - Arjan Ahluwalia
- 2nd Discharge Orders Before Noon within the Internal Medicine Residency Service - Naeveena Jeyaraj
- 3rd Prioritizing Preventative Health in Older Adults Residing in Long-Term Care Facilities Through Vaccination - Sandra Rabat