Residents and Fellows Shine at 2025 Poster Day 

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, residents and fellows presented their Research, Quality Improvement and Clinical Vignette work at the 2025 Resident and Fellow Poster Day. The event was a powerful testament to the exceptional academic commitment and scholarly contributions across our department. This year’s Poster Day showcased a remarkable range of submissions, highlighting the creativity, dedication, and scholarly curiosity of our trainees. We are especially grateful to the faculty members who volunteered their time to serve as judges, offering thoughtful evaluations and constructive feedback that helped make the event a success. 

A special thank you to Meghna Trivedi, Lara Kovell, Mariah Amsden, and Jessica Novia for their exceptional support in preparing for this event. We deeply appreciate your hard work, commitment, and dedication in contributing to its success! 

Below are the winners in each category: 

Research

1st Place
Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Myeloid Malignancies and Cohesin Mutations
Maria R. Khouri, Laurie Pearson, Andrew Gillis-Smith, Sakiko Suzuki, Lloyd M. Hutchinson, Poorva Bindal, Muthalagu Ramanathan, Jonathan M. Gerber, Jan Cerny, and Shyam A. Patel 

2nd Place
Pathway to Early Hospital @ Home Admission for Flu, RSV, and COVID Patients
Srinath Ramakrishnan, Siri Khalsa, Mina Zhang, Tiberio Carrachio, and Shiv Sutaria 

3rd Place
Cardiovascular and Obstetric Complications Associated with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease in Pregnancy
Jessica Marconi, Lara Kovell, Nikolaos Kakouros, and Gianna Wilkie 

Quality Improvement 

1st Place
Improving 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients with Cirrhosis After Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Ami Patel, Katherine Cooper, Adil Fazir, Meghna Trivedi, and Deepika Devuni 

2nd Place
Bridging the Gap Between Medical School and Residency
Cindy Le, Garrick Gu, Dawn Addai, Tyler Starr, Ellen Murchie, Anjali Oberoi, Catherine Hendren, Annelie Leith, Bryan Kamel, Kathryn Addonizio, Jessica Marconi, Morgan Groover, Alyssa Singer, Zoha Sarwat, Andrew Liu, Michael Wilson, and Majid Yazdani 

3rd Place
Protecting Resident Protected Time
Megan Bader, Catrina Goulet, Duncan Smith-Freeman, Catherine Ezzio, Ebla Abd Alrahman, Hannah McFadden, Rebecca Beagan, and Kate Wynne 

Clinical Vignette 

1st Place
Novel Treatment of Peritoneal Myeloid Sarcoma with Decitabine and Venetoclax
Kavya Sudireddy, Minorvi Amin, Patrick Svrcek, Rafy Odeh, Salwa Khedr, Lloyd Hutchinson, Shyam Patel, Jan Cerny, and Laurie Pearson 

2nd Place (tie)
Novel ALG9 Mutation Unmasked in Cystic Kidney Disease with Lithium Use History
Tyler C. Starr, Cindy Le, Nawal Aamir, and Amar Pandit 

HIT with a Surprise: A Case of Spontaneous Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia with Unilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
Michelle Nabi, Elyse Addonizio, and Shahrzad Shidfar 

3rd Place (tie)
Complete Heart Block Triggered by Paxlovid and Verapamil
Evan Offord, Michelle Nabi, Michael Mankbadi, Alexandra Marchetta, and Lawrence Rosenthal 

Early Onset Cardiovascular Disease Unveiling Werner Syndrome: A Case Report
Stephen Foley and Sandhya Tagaram