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Research Day 2024

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DOM Annual Research Day 2021

April 27, 2021

We would like to extend a special thank-you to our plenary/oral/poster presenters, judges, special guests, and volunteers who helped to make this year’s event possible. With the challenges faced over this last year due to COVID, a shift towards a completely virtual event would not have been possible without you! We truly appreciate the time and effort you gave to ensuring Research Day’s success.

Congratulations to the 2021 plenary presenters and oral presentation winners!

Plenary Presenters

Vasilii Bushunow, MD
Reed Doerfler, MD
Rachael Gordon, MD, PhD
Sarah Jones, MD, MS
Timothy Kim, MD
Chantal Lemoine, MD
Vinny Negi, PhD
Georgios Triantafyllou, MD

Oral Presentation Winners

Haylee Baxendell, BS
Syed Bukhari, MD
Callie Drohan, MD
Tumader Khouja, BDS, MPH, PhD
Justin Sui, BA

Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE

Research Day 2021 Guest Speaker

Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE, is the Jackson Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Armstrong is a graduate of Yale University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She was a resident and chief resident in Medicine at Johns Hopkins and completed a general internal medicine fellowship and Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1998, she joined the faculty at Penn and became Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine in 2008. At Penn, she also served as Associate Director of the Abramson Cancer Center and Co-Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. In April of 2013, she was appointed as physician-in-chief of the Mass General Department of Medicine. Dr. Armstrong is an internationally recognized investigator in the areas of medical decision making, quality of care, and cancer prevention and outcomes. For her work, she received the Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Federation of Medical Research, the Alice Hersh Award from Academy Health, and election to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians and National Academy of Medicine. In addition to her career in health policy and disparities research, Dr. Armstrong is a dedicated practicing internist with a longitudinal primary care practice and rotations as the Bigelow visit on the inpatient general medicine services. Over her career, Dr. Armstrong has prioritized her role in medical education, including developing and leading courses on clinical decision making at Penn and at Mass General and founding multiple innovative educational programs including the Master of Science program in Health Policy Research at Penn and the Center for Educational Innovation and Scholarship at Mass General. Diversity and inclusion are central to Dr. Armstrong’s leadership, including her award-winning roles in the advancement of women, her commitment to programs to support diversity across faculty and trainees at the MGH, and her research leadership in health disparities and community-based research. Dr. Armstrong oversees a Department of more than 1,100 faculty members who span ten clinical divisions and six research units, as well as the Department’s educational program in undergraduate and graduate medical education.

Click here to watch Dr. Armstrong's presentation: Unraveling Disparities in Genomic Medicine

Plenary Presenters

Vasilii Bushunow, MD

Resident, General Internal Medicine

Palliative Care Attitudes and Experiences Among Resident Physicians at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Watch Dr. Bushunow’s presentation

Reed Doerfler, MD

Chief Medical Resident, General Internal Medicine

Molecular Alterations in Hurthle Cell Nodules and Preoperative Cancer Risk

Rachael Gordon, MD, PhD

Resident, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology

B Cell and Macrophage NADPH Oxidase is Protective in Murine Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Watch Dr. Gordon’s presentation

Sarah Jones, MD, MS

Junior Faculty, General Internal Medicine

Training Internal Medicine Residents to Perform Telemedicine Video Visits: A Novel Skill-Based Curriculum

Timothy Kim, MD

Resident, General Internal Medicine

Decreased Cerebellar Volume and Functional Connectivity Identify Novel CNS Alterations in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Chantal Lemoine, MD

Resident, General Internal Medicine

Early Patterns of CPAP Usage as Predictors of CPAP Adherence

Vinny Negi, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Targeting Epigenetic Readers Preserves Î²-cells by Modulating Inflammatory Pathways in Diabetes

Georgios Triantafyllou, MD

Clinical Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Mitochondria Targeted Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging with MitoTEMPO Improves Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in A Novel Rat Model of Combined Pre- and Post-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension

Oral Presenters


Adeyinka Adejumo, MD, MS Clinical Fellow, A6 Category: Health Services		Anna LaRosa, MD Clinical Fellow, Cardiology Category: Health Services
Reem Alameer, MBBS Clinical Fellow, Infectious Diseases Category: Clinical		Travis Lear, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Aging Institute Category: Bench or Basic Science
Nameer Al-Yousif, MD Resident, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Clinical		Yang Li, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Category: Bench or Basic Science
Heather Ballance, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Aging Institute Category: Bench or Basic Science		Jacob Lloyd, MD Resident, Endocrinology and Metabolism Category: Quality Improvement
Aditi Bawa, MD Resident, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Category: Clinical		Abigail Maloy Lab Staff/Technician, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Translational
Adipong Brickshawana, MD, PhD Clinical Fellow, Cardiology Category: Bench or Basic Science		Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS Junior Faculty, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Medical Education
Carlos Caballero, MD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Renal-Electrolyte Category: Translational		Maureen Mburu, MD Lab Staff/Technician, Vascular Medicine Institute Category: Translational
Jeffrey Chen, BA Medical Student, Endocrinology and Metabolismcrinology and Metabolism Category: Bench or Basic Science		Nilay Mitash, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Bench or Basic Science
Ana Clemente-Sanchez, MD, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Category: Translational		Raja Gopal Reddy Mooli, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism Category: Bench or Basic Science
Sarah Clifford, BS Medical Student, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Clinical		Sridesh Nath, MBBS Clinical Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Translational
Callie Drohan, MD Junior Faculty, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Translational		Jessica Oh, MD Resident, General Internal Medicine Category: Clinical
Shumail Fatima, MD Junior Faculty, General Internal Medicine Category: Clinical		Soumojit Pal, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cardiology Category: Bench or Basic Science
Jonathan Florentin, PhD Junior Faculty, Vascular Medicine Institue Category: Bench or Basic Science		Shulin Qin, MD, PhD Junior Faculty, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Translational
Haritha Gandicheruvu, MD Resident, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Category: Clinical		Cody Rutledge, MD, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Vascular Medicine Institute Category: Bench or Basic Science
Eli Goshorn, MD Clinical Fellow, Infectious Category: Quality Improvement		Leslie Scheunemann, MD, MPH Junior Faculty, Geriatric Medicine Category: Health Services
Rebecca Green, MD Clinical Fellow, General Internal Medicine Category: Medical Education		Erin Schikowski, MD Resident, Cardiology Category: Health Services
Lara Groetzinger, PharmD, BCCCP Clinical Pharmacist, Quality Improvement Category: Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine		Sanjay Sridaran, MD Resident, General Internal Medicine Category: Health Services
Mara Hartoyo Undergraduate Student, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Category: Clinical		Josiah Strawser, MD Resident, General Internal Medicine Category: Medical Education
Ronan Hsieh, MD Clinical Fellow, Hemonc Category: Clinical		Kelly Strong Undergraduate Student, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Translational
Filip Istvanic, MD Resident, Cardiology Category: Clinical		Charit Taneja, MD Clinical Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism Category: Clinical
Sagar Kale, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Translational		Kazuya Tanimura, MD, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Epidemiology
Tumader Khouja, BDS, MPH, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, General Internal Medicine Category: Health Services		Roger Tieu, BS Medical Student, Renal-Electrolyte Category: Bench or Basic Science
Minjung Kim, MS Lab Staff/Technician, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Category: Bench or Basic Science		Sathish Vasamsetti, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Vascular Medicine Institute Category: Bench or Basic Science
Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD Junior Faculty, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Category: Bench or Basic Science		Katherine Wood, PhD Junior Faculty, Vascular Medicine Institute Category: Translational
Matthew Lapa, MD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cardiology Category: Epidemiology		Rachel Zhuang, MD Resident, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Category: Clinical

Poster Presenters


Hannah Abumusa, MD	Qianjiang Hu	Ektha Parchuri, BA
Wafaa Albalawy, MS	Kailey Hughes Kramer, PhD, MPH	Akruti Patel
Kassandra Allbright, MD	Youko Ikeda	Doureradjou Peroumal, MSc, PhD
Muhammad Amjad, PhD	Anna Jasinska	Aimee Pickering, MD, MS
Jessica Atieh, MD	Zaineb Javed	Gina Piscitello MD MS
Varshini Babu, MPH	Raagini Jawa, MD, MPH, FASAM	Nicole Ponde, PhD
Olivia Babyok, BSc	Jasanjeet Jawanda, MBBS	Andres Pulgarin
Delphine Beaulieu, PhD	Linda Jiang, MD	Michael Pupi, BS
Rithika Behera, MS	Meghan Johnson, BS	Jacob Quaytman, MD
Corry Bondi, PhD, MS	Nuzhat Kabir, BS	Nathan J. Raabe, MPH
Georgeann Booth, BS	Sagar L. Kale, PhD	Josiah Radder, MD, PhD
Aine Boudreau, BS	Sanjana Kamat, MBBS	Theodore Rader, MD, MS
Melissa Bulik	Tomasz Kaminski, Pharm.D.	Thomas Radomski
Alexandra Bursic, MD	Shriya Kamlapurkar, MS	Richard Ramonell, MD
Katherine Callaway Kim, MPH	Hussain Karimi	Vatsala Rangachar Srinivasa, MPH
Selina Chang	Sharon Karunakaran, MBBS	Gautam Rangavajla, MD
Himal Chapagain	Omika Katoch, PhD	Rashmi Rao, BA
Cheng Chen	Mate Katona, PhD	Casey A. Rapoza, B.S.
Nathalie Chen, BS	Sam Kavoosi, PhD	Mayumi Robinson
Edwin Chen, MD, PhD	Alyssa Kelder, MD	Kenny Roman
Qiyang Chen, PhD	Ayse Keskinkilic, MD	Samreen Sadaf
Ya-Yun Cheng, PhD	Tumader Khouja	Daniella Schwartz, MD
Kimberly Chow, MD	Sharon Kim	Faraaz Shah, MD MPH
Lizeth Cifuentes, MD	Andrew Klein	Bernard Shalit, MD
Kristopher Clark, MD	Sophia Knoell, MD	Margaret Shang, MD
Grace Conway	Tracey Lam	Akanksha Sharma
John Cormack, PhD	Katherine Lane, MD	Shujie Shi
Ronaldo Correa Fabiano Filho, MD	Jared Lashway, BS	Katherine Shipman, PhD
Arun Das	Tariq Latif	Rachel Sigler, DO, MPH
Sudipta Das, PhD	Linda-Marie Lavenburg	Joseph Sleiman
Jacob DeBerry, MD	Travis Lear	Madison Stellfox, MD, PhD
Richelle DeBlasio, BS	Vanessa Legeza	Hilary Strollo
Matthew Dent, PhD	Yang Li, PhD	Justin Sui
Ipsita Dey	Sophia Lieber, BS	Alexander Sundermann, DrPH
Mehak Dhande	Karina Lockwood, MS	Pavan Suresh, BS
Rikesh Dubey, PhD	Lili Lu	Priscilla Tang
B. Loye Eberhart II, BS	Nicole Luche, MD	Joshua Tashman, MD, PhD
Kristen Ehrenberger, MD PhD	Varun Mandi, B.S.	Tiffany Taylor, BS
Adam Eibel	Neha Mehrotra	Nathanial Tolman, MD
Sergei Elber Dorozko, MD	Milad Memari	Amanda Tompkins MD
Amal Elhaw, BPharm	Amanda Moale, MD	Cindy Traboulsi, MD
Deena Ereifej, BS	Soheb Anwar Mohammed	Mohammad Afaz Uddin, PhD
Adriana Estrada-Bernal	Megan Monroe, MS	Eleanor Valenzi, MD
Shoaib Fakhri, MD	Kanako Mori, BA	Sathish Babu Vasamsetti, PhD
Nicholas Faraci, MD	Pallavi Muluk	Sharini Venugopal
Lily Farmerie	Chris Musgrove, MD, MHSA	Kady Waggle, BS
Dylan Fortman, MD	Bellina Mushala, BS	Brittany West, DO
David A. Frank, BS	Hiam Naiditch, MD, MHS	Ashlee Wood
Marc Gauthier, MD	Niranjana Natarajan	Limei Wu, MD
Katherine Gavinski, MD, MPH	Lauren Navitsky, MD	Yuwei Wu, MD
Emily Geramita, MD PhD	Banafsheh Nazari, MS	Shweta Yadav (PhD)
Richard Giza	David Newhouse, MD	Lorena Ye
Shekina Gonzalez-Ferrer	Andrew Nickerson, PhD	Elynna Youm, BS
Rachael Gordon, MD, PhD	Grace Noel	Yunshan Yue
Teresa Hagan Thomas, PhD, BA, RN	Elizabeth Oczypok, MD, PhD	Irina Zabbarova
Rawan Hammoudeh, MD	Matthew O'Donnell, DO	Marissa Zarakas
Hannah Hartman, BS	Rachel Pace, MD	Michael Zhang
Harsh Hiwase	Cristina Padilla	Yuechen Zhou
Ronan Hsieh, MD	Anurag Paranjape

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DOM Annual Research Day 2021

Congratulations to the 2021 plenary presenters and oral presentation winners!

Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE

Research Day 2021 Guest Speaker

Plenary Presenters

Vasilii Bushunow, MD

Reed Doerfler, MD

Rachael Gordon, MD, PhD

Sarah Jones, MD, MS

Timothy Kim, MD

Chantal Lemoine, MD

Vinny Negi, PhD

Georgios Triantafyllou, MD

Oral Presenters

Adeyinka Adejumo, MD, MS

Anna LaRosa, MD

Reem Alameer, MBBS

Travis Lear, PhD

Nameer Al-Yousif, MD

Yang Li, PhD

Heather Ballance, PhD

Jacob Lloyd, MD

Aditi Bawa, MD

Abigail Maloy

Adipong Brickshawana, MD, PhD

Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS

Carlos Caballero, MD

Maureen Mburu, MD

Jeffrey Chen, BA

Nilay Mitash, PhD

Ana Clemente-Sanchez, MD, PhD

Raja Gopal Reddy Mooli, PhD

Sarah Clifford, BS

Sridesh Nath, MBBS

Callie Drohan, MD

Jessica Oh, MD

Shumail Fatima, MD

Soumojit Pal, PhD

Jonathan Florentin, PhD

Shulin Qin, MD, PhD

Haritha Gandicheruvu, MD

Cody Rutledge, MD, PhD

Eli Goshorn, MD

Leslie Scheunemann, MD, MPH

Rebecca Green, MD

Erin Schikowski, MD

Lara Groetzinger, PharmD, BCCCP

Sanjay Sridaran, MD

Mara Hartoyo

Josiah Strawser, MD

Ronan Hsieh, MD

Kelly Strong

Filip Istvanic, MD

Charit Taneja, MD

Sagar Kale, PhD

Kazuya Tanimura, MD, PhD

Tumader Khouja, BDS, MPH, PhD

Roger Tieu, BS

Minjung Kim, MS

Sathish Vasamsetti, PhD

Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD

Katherine Wood, PhD

Matthew Lapa, MD

Rachel Zhuang, MD

Poster Presenters

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