Comic books, hands-free baby-carrying slings, Strep. dermatitis, pregnant trauma patients, dedicated trauma nursing staff, breast cancer screening, glycemic control, and priapism with antipsychotic use were some of the topics covered by Hurley researchers at the March 4, 2024, Flint Community Research Forum, hosted by Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Flint Campus.
2nd-place research award
One Hurley research team took home one of two honors in the "research" category of submissions:
Madugodaralalage Gunaratne MD, a third-year Hurley Internal Medicine resident, orally presented Racial and Gender Disparities in Crdiovascular Disease Risk Factor Modification in Patients Attending an Outpatient Clinic, which took a second-place award in the Research Category.
Gunaratne's coauthors were: Su Khine MD, Yasaman Navari MD, Adila Mustafa MD, Matthew Heussner DO, Ann Sedeeq MD, Deepesh Yadav MD, Louis Fogg PhD, Ali Zreik MD, and the late Ghassan Bachuwa MD. Heussner was a Transitional Year resident at Hurley in 2022-2023. The others are all from the Internal Medicine Residency program, with Fogg and Zreik as faculty members and Bachuwa as the former program director.
Oral presentations from Hurley
Other oral presentations from Hurley residents, fellows, faculty, staff, and students included:
- Yousra Elsharif, Maen Kamal, Khalid Al-Kharraz, Zachary Patterson, Wasim Nasir, Molluscum Contagiosum-Like Presentation of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a 4 Month-Old Female: A Case Report.
- Dia Halalmeh, John Ochieng, Antonia Vrana, Gul Sachwani-Daswani, Potential Survival Benefit of Resuscitative Hysterotomy for Pregnant Trauma Patients.
- Dia Halalmeh, Antonia Vrana, James Cranford, Gul Sachwani-Daswani, Leo Mercer, Minimally Aerosol-Producing Percutaneous Tracheostomy Technique: Insights from a Single COVID-19 Center.
- Dia Halalmeh, Antonia Vrana, Marc Moisi, Holospinal Epidural Abscess – Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome.
- Michelle Maxson, Dia Halalmeh, Mohamed Hussein, Antonia Vrana, James Cranford, Michael McCann, Gul Sachwani-Daswani, Optimizing Resuscitation Efficiency of Trauma Services by Establishing a Highly-Trained Dedicated Team of Trauma Nurses– Insights from a Level-1 Trauma Center Prospective Experience.
- Danelle Stabel, Olubukola Faturoti, Yousra Elsharif, Optimizing Outpatient Care: Analyzing Workflow Efficiency and Consistency via Structured Clinical Templates.
- Danelle Stabel, Shaker Kakish, Salsabeel Sweidan, Micaela Rice, Rates of Infant Carrying Utilizing a Hands-Free Baby-Wearing Support in an Urban Primary Care Clinic.
- Manoj Upadhyay, Elio Ragheb, Mohammed Bakeer, Bibek Karki, Carlos Rios-Bedoya, Mariam Younas, Improving the Rates of Breast Cancer Screening in the Adult Internal Medicine Clinic at HMC: A Quality Enhancement Project.
Poster presentations from Hurley
Poster presentations from Hurley included:
- Sania Ajmal, Irma Zamir, Mohannad Yousef, Rohit Gupta, Adiraj Singh, Priapism with Seroquel Use.
- Andrew Alvarado, Shatomi Kerbawy, Andrew Kim, Linda Cramer, Adil Abdalla, Prevalence of PEG Tube Placement in Patients with Dementia at Hurley Medical Center.Mariam Mehdawi & Katlin Liroff, Predictors of Glycemic Control Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in a Community Clinic.
- Mai Elhadi, Ahmad Kaddurah, Yaseen Rafe’e, Sydenham Chorea in a 6-year-old boy: A Case Report.
- Wad Elsheikh, Case Report: Perianal Streptococcal Dermatitis.
- Maen Kamal, Nesma Ghanim, Muhammad Jabbar, Mawada Abbaker, Hyperparathyroidism and Hypercalcemia in an Infant: Response to Cinacalcet Therapy.
- Mariam Mehdawi, Katlin Liroff. Predictors of Glycemic Control Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in a Community Clinic.
- Orezime Uyeh & Brittany Tayler, Qualitative Evaluation of the Use of Comics by Medical Providers to Improving Mental Health Literacy in Adolescents.
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