Previous Seldin Symposium Winners

2023

Seldin Scholar - Lisandro Maya-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D,  PSTP Cardiology Fellow
Small peptide, large implications: Endotrophin in HFpEF
Mentors: Joseph Hill, M.D., Ph.D. and Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.

Foster Fellow - Olgert Bardhi, M.D., M.Sc., PGY1
Next-Generation Sequencing Improves the Detection of Malignant Biliary Strictures and Canges Management
Mentor: Tarek Sawas, M.D.

Foster Fellow -  Ijeoma Eleazu, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
Associations of Cumulative Perceived Stress with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Outcomes: Findings from The Dallas Heart Study
Mentor: James de Lemos, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Juan Salcedo Betancourt, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
Therapeutic Hypothermia in Low-Risk Non-Pumped Brain-Dead Kidney Donor
Mentor: Madhukar Patel, M.D., M.B.A., SC.M., Department of Surgery

Foster Fellow - Sumitabh Singh, M.D., PGY2
Frailty Status Modifies the Efficacy of Primary Prevention ICD Therapy Among Patients with Heart Failure
Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D., M.S.C.S.

Foster Fellow -  Aaron Smith, M.D., PGY2
Ageism in Rheumatology: the Health Care Professional's Perspective
Mentor: Una Makris, M.D.

Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

sponsored by the Ron Anderson, M.D. Professorship in Clinical Care and Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital via the Hoblitzelle Foundation

May Xac, M.D. - PGY2
OutPaTient effort to Improve Medication Uptitration and Maintenance (OPTIMUM)
Mentor: Sandeep Das, M.D.

Case Presentation Awards

Fieke Hoff, M.D., Ph.D. - PGY2
Early-Onset Diabetes Mellitus as Presenting Feature of Werner Syndrome in an Indian Family
Mentor: Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.

Vasanthan Kuppuswamy, M.D., Cameron Landers, M.D. - Pulmonary and Critical Fellows
A Case of Fatal Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Acute Pancreatitis due to Coxsackie B4 Infection
Mentor: Carlos Cardenas, M.D.

Mauricio Ostrosky-Frid, M.D., Ph.D. - PSTP Nephrology Fellow
Hydroxocobalamin-triggered blood leak detection during hemodialysis in a liver transplant patient
Mentors: Laila Lakhani, M.D. and Charles Owens, M.D.

Social Impact Award

John Hanna, M.D. - Infectious Diseases Fellow
Auto-spatial Relationship of Health Inequalitiesand Multi-drug Resistant Organisms
Mentor: Richard Medford, M.D.

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