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Residents Day Virtual Meeting Henry Ford Health System May 7, 2021 Residents Day Virtual Meeting Hosted by: Henry Ford Health System - Detroit Internal Medicine Residency Program Medical Student Day Virtual Meeting Sponsored by: & Residents Day & Medical Student Day Virtual Program May 7, 2021 MORNING SESSIONS 6:45 – 7:30 AM Resident Program Directors Meeting – Sandor Shoichet, MD, FACP Via Zoom 7:30 – 9:30 AM Oral Abstract Presentations Session One Abstracts 1-10 9:00 – 10:30 AM Oral Abstract Presentations Session Two Abstracts 11-20 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Oral Abstract Presentations Session Three Abstracts 21-30 KEYNOTE SESSON COVID Perspectives: 1. “ID Perspective: Inpatient Work and Lessons from Infection Control Point of View” – Payal Patel, MD, MPH 12:00 – 1:00 PM 2. “PCCM Perspective: Adding Specific Lessons from ICU Care/Burden and Possible Response to Future Pandemics” – Jack Buckley, MD 3. “Pop Health/Insurance Perspective – Population Health/Social Net of Health/Urban Under-Represented Care During COVID” – Peter Watson, MD, MMM, FACP AFTERNOON SESSIONS RESIDENTS PROGRAM MEDICAL STUDENT PROGRAM Residents Doctor’s Dilemma™ 1:15 – 2:00 PM Nicole Marijanovich MD, FACP 1:00 – 1:30 pm COVID Overview – Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP Session 1 Residents Doctor’s Dilemma™ 2:00 – 2:45 PM 1:30 – 2:15 am COVID – A Medical Students Perspective Session 2 Residents Doctor’s Dilemma™ 4th Year Medical Student Panel: Post-Match Review 2:45 – 3:30 PM 2:15 – 3:00 pm Session 3 of Interviews Impacted by COVID Residents Doctor’s Dilemma™ Residency Program Director Panel: A Residency 3:30 – 4:15 PM 3:00 – 3:45 pm Session 4 Program of Interviewing During COVID 4:15 – 5:15 PM “Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Getting Ready for Fellowship Application” – Georgi Fram, MD Residents and Medical Students Abstract Awards 5:15 – 5:30 PM Odaliz Abreu Lanfranco, MD, FACP, Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP RESIDENTS DAY/MEDICAL STUDENT DAY FACULTY Jack Buckley, MD, MPH Nicole Marijanovich, MD, FACP Division Head, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Hospital Medicine Henry Ford Health System Department of Internal Medicine – Beaumont Royal Oak Assistant Professor of Medicine Georgi Fram, MD, ACP Member Oakland University Wm Beaumont School of Medicine Chief Resident Internal Medicine Payal Patel, MD, MPH Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Medicine Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship ACP Medical Students Day Program Committee Chair VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Peter Watson, MD, MMM, FACP Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids Vice President, Clinical Operations & Strategy Hospitalist, Health Alliance Plan Medical Director, HAP/HAP Empowered PROGRAM COMMITTEE Odaliz Abreu Lanfranco, MD, FACP Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP IM Residency Program Director MI ACP Medical Students Day Program Chair Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit Spectrum Heath – Grand Rapids Abigail Entz, MD Thea Lockard IM Chief Resident, Junior Staff Physician Michigan Chapter ACP Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit Megan Scott, MD, MPH Martha Gray, MD, FACP IM Chief Resident, Junior Staff Physician Governor, Michigan Chapter Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit American College of Physicians Jerry Yee, MD, MACP MI ACP Residents Day Program Director Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit Residents Day Oral and Poster Awards Certificates will be awarded in the following categories: Research 1st, 2nd, 3rd place – Oral 1st, 2nd, 3rd place – Poster Clinical Vignette 1st, 2nd, 3rd place – Oral 1st, 2nd, 3rd place – Poster CQI/EBM 1st place – Oral or Poster All winners are automatically entered in the abstract competition at our Michigan Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, October 14-17, 2021 Medical Student Day Awards Certificates will be awarded for the following: 1st place winner in Research, Clinical Vignette and CQI/EMB All winners are automatically entered in the medical student abstract competition at our Michigan Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, October 14-17, 2021 Doctor’s DilemmaTM Competition Winners The top four winning teams from our Doctor’s DilemmaTM competition at Residents Day will participate in the final competition at our fall meeting in October 14-17, 2021 The winning team at the fall meeting will represent our Chapter and compete at Internal Medicine 2022 in Chicago Illinois, April 28 – 30, 2022 Resident Doctor’s DilemmaTM Assignments Session 1 1:15 – 2:00 PM Session 2 2:00 – 2:45 PM Henry Ford Allegiance Health Beaumont – Dearborn Beaumont – Royal Oak Henry Ford Health System – Detroit Western Michigan University St. Joseph Mercy – Ann Arbor Wayne State University – DMC Ascension St. John Hospital – Grosse Pointe Ascension Macomb Hospital Michigan State University Session 3 2:45 – 3:30 PM Session 4 3:30 – 4:15 PM Central Michigan University Hurley Medical Center Huron Valley – DMC DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital Ascension St. John Providence Hospital Spectrum Health/MSU Grand Rapids St. Joseph Mercy – Oakland Wayne State University – IM – Rochester McLaren Regional Medical Center – Flint St. Mary Mercy – Livonia Ascension Macomb Hospital Henry Ford Allegiance Health St. Joseph Mercy – Oakland Dr. Rani Kattoula – PGY2-Captain Dr. Parth Patel – PGY1-Captain Dr. Amar Lal – PGY2-Captain Dr. Michael Saleh – PGY2 Dr. Priya Menon – PGY1 Dr. Ahmed Algaysi – PGY1 Dr. George Yassa – PGY1 Dr. Mehakmeet Bhatia – PGY1 Dr. Yash Varma – PGY1 Dr. Hassan Siddiqui – PGY1-Alternate Dr. Vrajesh Parmar – PGY1-Alternate Dr. Ali Khan – PGY1-Alternate Ascension St. John Providence Hospital Henry Ford Health System – Detroit St. Mary Mercy – Livonia Dr. Kunjal Patel – PGY1-Captain Dr. Zachary Hanna – PGY2-Captain Dr. Munis Ahmed – PGY2-Captain Dr. Navid Khamooshi – PGY1 Dr. Qutaibah Sabha – PGY2 Dr. Aishwarya Verma – PGY2 Dr. Misha Masumy – PGY1 Dr. Kartik Gupta – PGY1 Dr. Jayesh Mittal – PGY1 Dr. Rim Alkawas – PGY1-Alternate Dr. Baha Abbad – PGY1-Alternate Dr. Akanksha Mehla – PGY1-Alternate Ascension St. John Hospital – Grosse Pointe Hurley Medical Center Spectrum Health/MSU Grand Rapids Dr. Wei Zhao – PGY2-Captain Dr. Anoosha Ponnapalli – PGY2-Captain Dr. Eric Lee – PGY2-Captain Dr. Rami Arabo – PGY2 Dr. Smit Deliwala – PGY2 Dr. Rebecca Emery – PGY2 Dr. Heidi Stoute – PGY2 Dr. Akram Al-Salman – PGY1 Dr. Bradley Clemens – PGY1 Dr. Beshoy Nazeer – PGY2-Alternate Dr. Deepesh Yadav – PGY1-Alternate Dr. Travis Tomaszewski – PGY2-Alternate Beaumont – Dearborn Huron Valley – DMC Wayne State University – DMC Dr. Eiman Elhouderi – PGY2-Captain Dr. Tamer Abuaita – PGY2 Dr. Samer Alkassis – PGY2-Captain Dr. Omar Nasser Rahal – PGY2 Dr. Mariya Huralska – PGY2 Dr. Abdalaziz Awadelkarim – PGY1 Dr. Avais Raja – PGY1 Dr Jeffery Lei – PGY1 Dr. Omid Yazdanpanah – PGY2 Dr. Najeebullah Bangash – PGY2-Alternate Dr. Reema Siddiqui – PGY2-Alternate Dr. Rashid Alhusain – PGY2-Alternate Beaumont – Royal Oak McLaren Regional Medical Center - Flint Wayne State University – IM – Rochester Dr. Adam Foglesong – PGY2-Captain Dr. Emad Kandah – PGY2-Captain Dr. Yashar Eshman – PGY1-Captain Dr. Russell Leong – PGY2 Dr. Rohit Rauniyar – PGY1 Dr. Mishita Goel – PGY2 Dr. Ashbina Pokharel – PGY1 Dr. Maxwell Akanbi – PGY1 Dr. Jacob Gorney – PGY1 Dr. Basel Abdelazeem – PGY1-Alternate Dr. Vatsal Khanna – PGY1-Alternate Central Michigan University Michigan State University Western Michigan University Dr. Ahmed Muni – PGY2-Captain Dr. Shouq Kherallah – PGY2-Captain Dr. Micael Baumgartner – PGY2-Captain Dr. Mona Mahmoud – PGY2 Dr. Osama Mosalem – PGY2 Dr. Aditya Mehta – PGY2 Dr. Sreevastav Kalangi – PGY1 Dr. Si Yuan Khor – PGY1 Dr. Blair Graham – PGY1 Dr. Pruthvi Goparaju – PGY1 Alternate Dr. Enhua Wang – PGY1-Alternate Dr. M. Armughan Ali – PGY1-Alternate DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital St. Joseph Mercy – Ann Arbor Dr. Nouraldeen Manasrah – PGY2-Captain Dr. Aditee Dash – PGY2-Captain Dr. Pilli Vinod – PGY2 Dr. Stephanie Crass – PGY2 Dr. Kinza Ijaz – PGY2 Dr. Bhanu Swamy – PGY2 Dr. Brinda Basida – PGY2 – Alternate Dr. Elliot Berinstein – PGY1-Alternate **Abstracts can be accessed on the Michigan Chapter ACP Website** Michigan Chapter, American College of Physicians INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS Residency Program Chair – Sandor Shoichet, MD, FACP Ascension Macomb Hospital McLaren Macomb / MSU Deborah LeVan, DO Christopher Provenzano, MD Ascension Providence Hospital McLaren Oakland / MSU Samira Ahsan, MD, FACP Ammar Hatahet, MD, FACP Ascension St. John Hospital Mercy Health Grand Rapids/MSU Raymond Hilu, MD, FACP Bryan Hull, MD, FACP Authority Health - Detroit Michigan State University – East Lansing Joel Appel, DO, FACP Supratik Rayamajhi MD, FACP Beaumont Hospital – Dearborn Sinai Grace Hospital – DMC Ruaa Elteriefi, MD, FACP Mohamed Siddique, MD, FACP Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak St. Joseph Mercy – Ann Arbor Sandor Shoichet, MD, FACP Patricia McNally, MD, FACP Central Michigan University - Saginaw St. Joseph Mercy – Oakland Nicholas Haddad, MD, FACP Geetha Krishnamoorthy, MD, FACP Henry Ford Allegiance Health St. Mary Mercy Hospital – Livonia Vivek Kak, MD, FACP David Steinberger, MD, FACP Henry Ford Health System – Detroit Spectrum Health/MSU Odaliz Abreau Lanfranco, MD, FACP Talawnda Bragg, MD, FACP Henry Ford Health System – Macomb University of Michigan – Ann Arbor Amitha Aravapally, MD, FACP John Delvalle, MD, FACP Hurley Medical Center – Flint Wayne State University – Detroit Ghassan Bachuwa, MD, FACP Jarrett Weinberger, MD, FACP Huron Valley Medical Center – DMC Wayne State University – Internal Medicine – Rochester Jeet Pillay, MD, FACP Sarwan Kumar, MD, FACP McLaren Regional Medical
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