Resident Research and Awards

Monthly teaching awards:

April: Ashley Amick, Joe Campbell, Laura Davidson, Matt Giannetti, Stephen Greene, Lauren Guggina, Anna Lipowska, Sandrine Nyongere, Kenika Robinson, Jonathan Rosenberg, Adam Safdi, Meghann Schenk, Erin Toaz
March: Andrew Badke, Sara Berg, Sergio Chiarella, Tim McGorisk, David McNamara, Matt Nitzberg, Carrie Richardson, Kristin Schmidlin, Erin Sweatt, Justin Taylor, Caitlin Toomey, and Erin Unger
February: David DiBardino, Matt Feinstein, Matt Giannetti, Miranda Hart, Sunny Intwala, Natasha Lloyd, Ike Okwuosa, Erin Pettijohn, Jonathan Rosenberg, Ami Shah, Neil Shea, Erin Unger, and Enrique Zolezzi
January: David DiBardino, Michael Ellenbogen, Bruce Henschen, Katie Kinner, Natasha Lloyd, Crystal Medina, Lauren Nye, Andrew Read, Carrie Richardson, Adam Safdi, Cecilia Scholcoff, David Vermylen, and Jeremy Wasserlauf
Congratulations to Dave DiBardino, Amar Trivedi and Rashad Belin for winning the most teaching awards from junior students during the first half of the 2012-2013 academic year.

... for a full list of awards, contact Anna-Kate Trubilowicz


	Women Faculty Organization (WFO) presents the Founders Awards at the annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day in each of the topic categories (Basic Science, Clinical Science, and Public Health/Social Sciences) to the top poster in each category that focuses on women’s health. Sangeetha Reddy’s poster titled “Clinical and Genetic Predictors of Weight Gain in Patients Diagnosed with Breast Cancer” (Dr. Virginia Kaklamani, PI) was identified as a finalist for outstanding work in women’s health in the Clinical Science category.
	Each year, every second year resident is responsible for presenting an hour long lecture to his/her colleagues as part of the "PGY2 lecture series" held during medicine noon conference. The topic presented is of the resident's choosing and typically involves each officer's original research and/or a topic that he/she has a particular clinical or scientific interest in. The chief medical residents voted Timothy McGorisk's lecture on "Disease Mongering and the 'Medicalization' of Aging" as the best PGY2 lecture of the first half of the academic year. This original topic was thoroughly researched and presented in an objective light that was both thought provoking and insightful. Congrats Tim! There was a tie for second place between Sarah Yentz and Matthew Giannetti. Sarah's talk was titled "MD-RN Communication," and Matt's was titled "Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.
	Jill Rosno was recently awarded a Schweitzer’s Fellow For Life seed grant to develop health education material for Community Health Clinic (CHC) in Humboldt Park. The CHC serves a diverse patient population with a significant number of patients whose primarily language is Spanish or Polish. Jill has started organizing an interdisciplinary team of nurses, a pharmacist and students to develop material for patients and provide health literacy education to providers. Jill received her medical degree from Dartmouth and is planning on a career in general internal medicine and care for the underserved.
	Tony Alvarado was named Resident Volunteer of the Year at the Community Health Clinic. Tony says that it’s rewarding to have a general medicine continuity clinic that serves the underprivileged in Chicago. Community Health Clinic provides free healthcare to patients without insurance. Click here to learn more about volunteering and the Community Health Clinic.
	Andrew Read won the Presidential Poster Award at the American College of Gastroenterology's 2012 Scientific Sessions in Las Vegas for his poster "High Resolution Manometry Metrics in the Upright Position." Andrew's mentor is Dr. John Pandolfino, and the project was also co-authored with Yinglian Xiao. Andrew is a graduate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and will be going to the University of Michigan to begin GI fellowship this summer.
	Justin Taylor was selected by the AASLD as an Emerging Liver Scholar. Justin has been studying Hepatitis A and B vaccination rates in chronic liver disease patients under the mentorship of Dr. Sean Koppe. He presented his research at the AASLD meeting in Boston this past November. Justin met leading researchers in hepatology and participated in breakout sessions targeting his interest in outcomes research. Justin is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and will be heading west to the University of Washington to start GI fellowship this summer.
	Imo Akpan won the 2012 Michael and Kate Barany Research Award from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
	Ike Okwuosa won the First Place Award for the National Lipids Association Young Investigator Contest! Ike will give an oral presentation on his topic during the NLA Annual Sessions in Scottsdale, AZ
	Northwestern residents again had impressive showings at Digestive Diseases Week and the American Thoracic Society 2012 international Conference. Congratulations to all presenters, and thank you to our dedicated faculty mentors! ATS: Brett Collander, David DiBardino, Jason Rho, and Nina Sung DDW: Kiran Bidari, Dusty Carlson, Rachel Issaka, Leila Kia and Karlyn Martin
	Congratulations to the 2012 Rambach Award winner, Chetan Huded and Jameson Research Award winner, John Willkins!
	Randy Orr received an ATS Resident Trainee Travel Award (RTA)
	Kristen Kobaly wins a Women in Endocrinology Yound Investigator Award (a $500 prize) for the poster she'll be presenting at the ENDO society meeting in Boston in June.
	Congratulations to 2011 Rambach Award winner, David Vermylen and 2011 Jameson Research Prize winner, Wenyu Huang!
	Congratulations to Northwestern prize winners: Nancy Ho, third place in the Clinical Poster competition, and Newton Li, second place in the Research Poster contest. Click here to download a full Medical Trivia bracket and to view a list of all Poster and Oral Vignette award winners.
	Excellence in Process Improvement Award Team members: Curtis H. Weiss MD MS, Farzad Moazed (in photo), Colleen A. McEvoy, Benjamin D. Singer MD, Igal Szleifer PhD, Luís A. N. Amaral PhD, Mary Kwasny ScD, Charles M. Watts MD, Jacob I. Sznajder MD, and Richard G. Wunderink MD.
	Congratulations to Jason Biehl, Rambach Award winner, and to Eytan Stein, Landsberg Award winner.
	Osler Cup: Northwestern is again the ACP National Medical Jeopardy Champions! Our team defeated all opponents and won the 2010 Osler Cup. This is our 3rd championship since 2005. Congratulations to team members Nicholas Zwang, Ben Singer, and Chintan Desai as well as regional team member Alicia Peterson.
	The Emergency Department had their annual teaching award ceremony and Lee-Jah Chang was recognized as one of the "best consultants" from any residency program at McGaw. Lee-Jah was honored for his clinical excellence, professionalism and outstanding interpersonal skills. Lee-Jah has also received an award from the 13E nursing staff. We are proud of his many acomplishments as a resident and will miss him when he leaves for fellowship at the NIH in June.
	Jami Rothe won the Key Contact ACP Award! This award recognizes individuals who make exceptional efforts in support of ACP's advocacy program. Jami was recognized for "being a powerhouse for performing grassroots advocacy for the Northern Illinois chapter.” Jami started an essay contest on physician advocacy and her efforts resulted in more than 30 new Key Contacts joining the program and enhanced attendance at ACP Leadership Day. Jami and Laura Zimmermann, along with with 400 physicians across the country, joined the American College of Physicians in Washington DC on May 18-19 to attend the annual ACP Leadership Day. They had the opportunity to meet with staff members for the two Illinois senators and various Congress members to discuss the importance of continued Health Care Reform.