Seldin Symposium Awardees

2025

Seldin Scholar - Eric Hall, M.D. - Cardiology Fellow
Cognitive Outcomes After Cardiogenic Shock
Mentor: Maryjane Farr, M.D., M.Sc.

Foster Fellow - Diego Anazco, M.D., - Intern
Predicting Weight Loss Outcomes After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Using a Machine Learning-Enhanced Gene Risk Score for Satiation
Mentor: Andres Acosta, M.D, Ph.D.

Foster Fellows - Paige Della-Penna, M.D.,and Ruchi Desai, M.D. - Residents
Implementation of a Novel Simulation-Based Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Mentor: Sujata Bhushan, M.D.

Foster Fellow - Grant Herrington, M.D. - Endocrinology Fellow
Reduction in the Concomitant Ordering of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein at an Academic Medical Center
Mentor: Puneet Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H.

Foster Fellow - Mohammad Jarrah, M.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
Performance of GALAD, GAAD, and ASAP for Early HCC Detection in Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Mentor: Amit Singal, M.D., M.S.

Foster Fellow - Sean Taasan, M.D. - Hematology Oncology Fellow
Optimizing Time from Admission to IV Methotrexate Initiation for Planned Admissions to Inpatient Malignant Hematology Service
Mentor: Amy Jones, 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

Vinayak Subramanian, M.D. - Cardiology Fellow
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of a Cardiac Biomarker-based Heart Failure Risk Screening Strategy Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D., M.S.C.S.

Case Presentation Awards

Cecilia Nguyen, M.D., - Resident
Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma in Patient with Crohn’s Disease on Thiopurine and anti-TNF Therapy
Mentor: Maddie Kubiliun, M.D.

Alexa Wilden, M.D. - Intern
When Blurry Vision Hides a Rare Diagnosis: Optic Perineuritis
Mentor: Sujata Bhushan, M.D.

Jingwen Zhang, M.D. - Resident
A Rare, Unusually Aggressive form of Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis with Systemic, Neurologic, and Leptomeningeal Amyloid Infiltration in a Young Patient
Mentor: Justin Grodin, M.D., M.P.H.

Social Impact Award

Rondalyn Dickens, M.D , - Resident
Role of Race and the Childhood Opportunity Index in Predicting Lung Function Outcomes Among Adolescents and Adults Born Premature
Mentor: Heather Wainstein, M.D.

Basic Science Award

Kartik Kulkarni, B.S.
Hand2 Invades Nucleolar Condensates to Pioneer Lineage-specific Gene Programs
Mentor: Nikhil Munshi, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael McConville, Ph.D.
A Germline ETV6 Mutation Disrupts Hematopoiesis via de novo Creation of a Nuclear Export Signal
Mentor: Glen Liszczak, Ph.D.

• 2024

  Seldin Scholar - Haitao Xu, M.D., M.S. - TARDIS Program
  PBRM1 as a Predictive Therapeutic Biomarker for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Pancreas
  Mentor: James Brugrarolas, M.D., Ph.D.

  Foster Fellow - Karim Seif El Daham, M.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
  Multicenter Comparison of Abbreviated MRI versus Ultrasound for Detecting Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis
  Mentor: Amit Singal, M.D., M.S.

  Foster Fellow - Emily Decicco, M.D. - PGY2
  Blood Donations: An Opportunity to Identify Hypertriglyceridemia
  Mentor: Zahid Ahmad, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Ruchi Desai, M.D. - PGY2
  Reduction in the Concomitant Ordering of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein at an Academic Medical Center
  Mentor: Puneet Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H.

  Foster Fellow - Niharika Neela, M.D. - PGY2
  Prescription of Teratogenic Medications for Reproductive-age Women with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in a Safety-Net Health System​
  Mentor: Sandeep Das, M.D., M.P.H.

  Foster Fellow - Vinayak Subramanian, M.D. - PGY2
  Efficacy of an m-Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
  Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D., M.S.C.S.

  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

  Syed Rizvi, M.D. - PGY2
  Adverse Social Determinants of Health in a LowIncome Population Hospitalized with Heart Failure
  Mentor: Ambarish Pandey, M.D., M.S.C.S.

  Case Presentation Awards

  Mauricio Ostrosky Frid, M.D., Ph.D. - Nephrology Fellow
  Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit)-Associated AKI with Calcium Oxalate Crystalluria in Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplant
  Mentor: Kamalanathan Sambandam, M.D.

  James Robert, M.D. - Rheumatology Fellow
  Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit)-Associated AKI with Calcium Oxalate Crystalluria in Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplant
  Mentor: Haidy Galous, M.D.

  Sanna Tejani, M.D. - PGY2
  Vitamin A Deficiency and Decompensated Cirrhosis: An Insightful Connection
  Mentor: Rachel Bonnema, M.D.

  Social Impact Award

  Tyler Wall, M.D. - PGY2 Medicine-Pediatrics
  Role of Race and the Childhood Opportunity Index in Predicting Lung Function Outcomes Among Adolescents and Adults Born Premature
  Mentor: Kara Goss, M.D.

  Basic Science Award

  Baije Xu, Ph.D.
  Orthopedia Regulates Melanocortin 4 Receptor Transcription and Human Obesity Risk
  Mentor: Chen Liu, Ph.D.

  Amanda Clark, M.D.
  Ghrelin-responsive Mediobasal Hypothalamic Neurons Mediate Exercise-associated Food Intake and Exercise Endurance
  Mentor: Samir M. Parikh, M.D.

• 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.

  Basic Science Award

  Li Li, Ph.D.
  Delineating a Serotonin Receptor Pathway for Appetite Suppression
  Mentor: Chen Liu, Ph.D.

  Omprakash Singh, Ph.D.
  Ghrelin-responsive Mediobasal Hypothalamic Neurons Mediate Exercise-associated Food Intake and Exercise Endurance
  Mentor: Jeffrey Zigman, M.D., Ph.D.

• 2022

  Seldin Scholar - Nil Saez-Calveras, M.D., Preliminary Neurology Intern
  Profiling Tau Pathology in Essential Tremor
  Mentor: Elan Louis, M.D., M.S.

  Foster Fellow - Matthew Almonte, M.D., PGY2
  Online and Simulation Based Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound Training for Residents, a Randomized Pilot Study
  Mentors: Anish Bhatt, M.D

  Foster Fellow - Angela Duvalyan, M.D., PGY2
  “Doctor” Badge Intervention to Mitigate Provider Level Risk Associated with Housestaff Role Misrepresentation
  Mentor: Sarah Williams, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Meredith McAdams, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
  Risk Prediction for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Withstanding Variants over Time
  Mentor: Susan Hedayati, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Kristeen Onyirioha, M.D., PGY3
  Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Suspicious (LI-RADS 4) Liver Observations
  Mentor: Amit Singal, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Taylor Triana, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
  The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Coronary Artery Calcium and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: The Dallas Heart Study
  Mentor: Amit Khera, M.D.

  Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

  May Xac, M.D. - PGY1
  Creation of the Parkland GDMT Score: A One-Stop Shop for Understanding Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy
  Mentor: Sandeep Das, M.D.

  Case Presentation Awards

  Heather Dalton, M.D. - Hospice and Palliative Care Fellow
  The Burdens Facing Caregivers of Adolescents with Medical Complexity in Their Transition to the Adult Healthcare System
  Mentor: Kelly Newcomer, M.D.

  Bilal Ashraf, M.D. - Med-Peds PGY4
  Antibody and Inhibitor Negative TTP Presenting with Stroke
  Mentor: Ibrahim Ibrahim, M.D.

  Sapna Pathak, M.D. - PGY2
  SGLT-2 Inhibitor-Induced Secondary Erythrocytosis
  Mentor: Monika Kumar M.D.

  Social Impact Award

  Danielle Morelli, M.D. - Med-Psych PGY3
  Racism: A Mental Health Crisis – An Approach to Teaching Antiracism and Cultural
  Intersectionality as it Pertains to Race in the UTSW Psychiatry Clerkship
  Mentor: Kathlene Trello-Rishell, M.D.

• 2021

  Seldin Scholar - Shreyo Rao, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
  Longitudinal Trajectories and Predictors of County-Level Cardiovascular Mortality in the United States (1980-2014)
  Mentor: Abarish Pandey, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Ashwini Arvind, M.D., PGY1
  Natural History and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Indeterminate (LI-RADS 3) Lesions
  Mentor: Dr. Amit G. Singal, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Roy Elias, M.D., TARDIS
  An extensive renal cell carcinoma tumorgraft platform supporting innovation and advances in biological understanding, biomarker development and precision medicine
  Mentors: James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D. and Payal Kapur, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Meredith McAdams, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
  COVID-19 and Kidney Transplant Recipients: Immunosuppression Management and Outcomes
  Mentor: Susan Hedayati, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Alonso Pezo Salazar, M.D., Infectious Disease Fellow
  Laboratory Stewardship As A Cost-Reduction Initiative During the COVID19 Pandemic at the VA North Texas Health Care System
  Mentor: Donald Storey, M.D.

  Foster Fellow - Rahul Sheth M.D., PGY2
  Maladaptive atrial remodeling in muscular dystrophy
  Mentor: Pradeep Mammen, M.D.

  Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

  Anne Marie Kerchberger, M.D. - PGY2
  Patient Safety Utilization Following Implementation of Nurse Driven Sitter Protocol

  Case Presentation Awards

  John Hanna, M.D. - Infectious Diseases Fellow
  An Unusual Case of Blastomycosis Presenting with Acute Airway Obstruction from a Retropharyngeal Abscess and Complicated by Severe Hypokalemia from Posaconazole

  Elisa Pichlinski, M.D. - PGY3
  Generalized tetanus in a black tar heroin user: opportunities for prevention

  Jasmina Solankee, M.D. - MS4
  Diabetic Myonecrosis in a Pediatric Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  Advocacy and Social Justice

  Sarah Herrman M.D., Joshua Immergluck M.D., Ashwin Rao M.D., Kayla Riggs M.D.
  Impact of Narrative Reflection on Resident Well-being and Development

  Kristen Wong, M.D. - PGY3
  Empowering Residents to Respond to Microaggressions

• 2020

  Seldin Scholar - Matthew Segar, M.D., PGY2
  Machine Learning-based and Race Specific Models to Predict 10-year Risk of Incident Heart Failure

  Foster Fellow - Emmanuel Adomako, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
  Idiopathic Hypokalemia in Lupus Nephritis: A Previously Unrecognized Entity

  Foster Fellow - Colin Hinkamp, M.D., PGY2
  Diffuse Ground Glass Opacities and an Elevated Fungitell–Weighed Down by Anchoring Bias

  Foster Fellow - Po-Hong "Stuart" Liu, M.D., M.P.H., PGY2
  Thrombocytosis is Associated with Worse Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  Foster Fellow - Meredith McAdams, M.D., Nephrology Fellow
  Dipstick Urinalysis can Identify Patients with Early CKD who Lack a Quantified Proteinuria Measurement

  Foster Fellow - Wally Omar M.D., Cardiology Fellow
  Self-Administration of Home Inotrope Therapy with End-Stage Heart Failure

  Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

  Christiana Beveridge, M.D., M.B.A., - PGY2
  Patient Utilization and Cost Effectiveness of Shared Medical Appointments for Diabetes Management at Community Clinic

• 2019

  Seldin Scholar - Matthew Segar, M.D., PGY1
  Machine Learning-based Unsupervised Cluster Analysis Identifies Phenogroups with Unique
  Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Response to Spironolactone: Insights from the TOPCAT Trial

  Foster Fellow - David Hsieh, M.D., Hematology/Oncology Fellow
  "Molecular glue" indisulam induces RBM39 degradation and splicing changes in acute myeloid leukemia

  Foster Fellow - Stephen Philip, M.D., PGY2
  Measuring Improvement in Clinical Reasoning with Script Concordance Tests

  Foster Fellow - Kayla Riggs, M.D., PGY2
  Inflammatory Marker, GlycA, Outperforms hsCRP in Predicting Cardiovascular Events

  Foster Fellow - Kristina Tzartzeva, M.D., PGY3
  A Case of Life-Threatening Recurrent Hemorrhage Due to Dialysis-Associated Thrombocytopenia

  Foster Fellow - Bryan Wu. M.D., PGY2
  Comparison of Pharmacy Refill Data with Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) in Assessing
  Non-Adherence to Cardiovascular Drugs in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension

  Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

  Nimish Shah, M.D. - PGY3
  Not-so-Smartlinks: Eliminating Superfluous Shortcuts to Reduce Discharge Medication Documentation Discrepancies

• 2018

  Seldin Scholar - Ezim Ajufo, M.D. - PGY1
  Performance of a genetic risk score for coronary artery disease in a multi-ethnic cohort

  Foster Fellow - Stephan Buteau, M.D., PGY1
  Kidney Transplant Recipient with Non HLA Mediated Chronic Cellular Rejection; a unique case that may establish a new rule

  Foster Fellow - Kristina Tzartzeva, M.D. and Joseph Obi, M.D., PGY2
  Surveillance Imaging and Alpha Fetoprotein for Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma:
  A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

  Foster Fellow - Esther de Boer, M.D., PGY1
  “Light up”: Towards more exact detection and imaging of cancer

  Foster Fellow - Jainy Savla, M.D., Cardiology Fellow
  The Role of Myeloid Leukemia Factor 1 (MLF1) in Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle Regulation

  Foster Fellow - Lauren Smith, M.D., PGY3
  Predictors of Placement of Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Orders Among Patients with Breast, Lung, and Colon Cancer in a Safety Net Hospital System

  Case Presentation Awards

  Ari Bennett, M.D. - PGY 2
  Erythromelalgia Gets Misdiagnosed Again and Again

  Ashlin Christensen-Szalanski, M.D. - PGY1 Med/Psych Program
  Psychotic, Paranoid, and Parkinsonian

  John Marshall, M.D. - PGY1
  Calcitriol-Mediated Hypercalcemia in Borderline Lepromatous Leprosy

  Mridula Nadamuni, M.D. - PGY1 Med/Peds Program
  Diarrhea for Days: GI Disturbance as the Presenting Symptom of Anti-DPPX Encephalitis

  Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

  Neil Keshvani, M.D. - PGY2

  Reducing Hospitalizations: Institution of Outpatient Infusional EPOCH-based Chemotherapy at a Safety-Net Hospital

• 2017

  Seldin Scholar - Glynnis Garry, M.D., PGY1 PSTP
  A Twist-Dependent Progenitor Cell Contributes to Adult Skeletal Muscle

  Foster Fellow - Elizabeth McGehee, M.D., PGY2
  Treatment and Outcomes of Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Systematic Review

  Foster Fellow - Jeanney Lew, M.D., PGY3
  Understanding the Venus and Mars Effect: Sex-Based Differences in Cardiovascular Biomarkers

  Foster Fellow - Arjun Gupta, M.D., PGY3
  Gastric Acid Suppression and Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Foster Fellow - Justin Chen, M.D. - Allergy and Immunology Fellow
  Reflexive Penicillin Allergy Testing with In-Hospital Aztreonam Use

  Foster Fellow - Jasmin Singh, M.D., PGY1
  Homemade Silver Nanoparticle Pharmacology and Dramatic Activity in Highly Refractory
  Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer

  Research in Quality of Care & Education at Parkland Memorial Hospital

  Deepika Satish, M.D. - PGY1
  Prescription Practices of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in a Public Health System

• 2016

  Distinction in Basic Science - Danniel Zamora, M.D., PGY2
  Peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PPMOs) and their potential
  use against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

  Distinction in Quality and Improvement - Mark Weinreich, M.D., PGY2
  A Novel Early Mobilization Program In The ICU: A Quality Improvement Project

  Clinical Vingette 1st place - Thalvinder Sangha, M.D., PGY2
  Initial Presentation of Polyarteritis Nodosa as ischemic colitis

  Clinical Vingette 2nd place - Carlos Cardenas, M.D., PGY2
  A Case of Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Confirmed by Thoracentesis

  Clinical Research 1st place - Christina Yek, M.D., PGY1
  Success of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in an Indigent Population

  Clinical Research 2nd Place - Timothy J. Brown, M.D., PGY1
  Extensive resection improves survival in glioblastoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Clinical Research Fellow - Yu (Ray) Zuo, M.D., Rheumatology Fellow
  Comparative Analysis of a Novel Antiphospholipid Assay Utilizing a Mixture of Negatively
  Charged Phospholipid Antigens and Criteria Antiphospholipid Immunoassays in Lupus Patients