2020 Research Day awards announced

Obeid Michele 2019 Hurley int med resident Research Forum Flint Mich

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Congratulations to the 2020 Hurley Investigator-of-the-Year Award-winners and to Hurley Research Day Award-winners.

The inaugural Hurley Research Day started off as juried abstract competition, which would have resulted in a showcase of presentations on the spring Research Day, but COVID-19 caused Hurley to nix the in-person event. Since the judges had already evaluated the 51 abstract submissions, the Hurley Research Day Committee could still determine awards.

In addition, based on a larger body of work, individual faculty members and residents also were selected for investigator-of-the-year awards for each Hurley residency training program.

Investigator-of-the-year awards

Eleven individuals were honored for the quality of their research work and/or research mentorship in the 2019-2020 academic year.

2019-2020 Faculty Investigators of the Year

Internal Medicine: Dr. Philip McDonald
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Dr. Robert Welch
Pediatrics: Dr. Navin Kumar
Transitional Year: Dr. Thair Dawood

2019-2020 Resident Investigators of the Year

Combined Medicine/Pediatrics: Dr. Kewan Hamid
Internal Medicine: Dr. Mahmoud Barbarawi
Internal Medicine: Dr. Tarek Haykal
Internal Medicine: Dr. Yazan Zayed
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Dr. Ahmed Moustafa
Pediatrics: Dr. Neha Dayalani
Transitional Year: Dr. Brandon Wiggins

The Hurley Research Day award-winners

From a total of 51 abstract submissions, 8 projects won a collective 10 awards. These winning presentations represent 39 unique individuals: 18 residents, 3 fellows, 13 faculty members, and 5 students.

Overall Best Study

Long Term Effects of Bariatric Surgery versus Medical Treatment in the Management of Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis
Yazan Zayed MD, Michele Obeid MD, Mahmoud Barbarawi MD, Sherry Demian MD, Smit Deliwala MD, Mohammad Salih MD, Lalida Kunaprayoon MD, Fatima Rizk BS, Ghassan Bachuwa MD, Hemant Thawani MD

Overall Best Case Report

STEMI and complete heart block secondary to a new emerging illicit substance known as Rhino
Anoosha Ponnapalli MD, Harsukh Nidhan Singh Dhillon MD, Nikita Theophilus MD, Pujan Kandel MD, Smit Deliwala MD, Mahmoud Barbarawi MD, Yazan Zayed MD, Tarek Haykal MD, Seif Saeed MD, Ghassan Bachuwa MD

Best Case Report in Combined Medicine/Pediatrics

Erythroblastosis Fetalis in dichorionic diamniotic twins – Rh incompatibility to different antigens
Ibukun Fakunle MD, Susumu Inoue MD

Best Case Report in Geriatrics

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as a cause of dementia
Abdullahi Mahgoub MD, Sophia Tessema MPH, Ahmad Alsarah MD, Rasha Nakhleh MD

Best Study in Internal Medicine

Best Case Report in Internal Medicine

Best Study in Pediatrics

Addressing Human Trafficking Through Improved Recognition and Intervention by Resident Physicians in the Health Care Setting
Ashley Walker MD, Katherine Hay MD, Diana Chen MD, Maria Bule MD, Linh-An Van Cao MS4, Brenda Lovegrove Lepisto PsyD

Best Case Report in Pediatrics

When moving the neck is troublesome: Case Report of Neck-Tongue Syndrome (NTS) in a 13 year old
Neha Dayalani MD, Ahmad K. Kaddurah MD

Best Case Report in Transitional Year

Double synchronous, bilateral primary lung cancers diagnosed on same admission
Brandon Wiggins DO MPH, Smit Deliwala MD, Kushal Ranabhat MD

Best Case Report in Trauma

RIP Bullet
Leo C Mercer Jr MD, Dean M Kristl MD, Kristoffer Wong DO, Lindsey Rieck DO, Gul Raj Sachwani-Daswani DO, Donald J Scholten MD, Patrick Beer DO, Steve Haake MD